Robot mowers
Which wire-free 600 m² robot tells you where it can work?
Both of these mow without a perimeter wire, and both are rated by their makers for 600 square metres. One navigates by satellite positioning backed up by vision, the other by camera alone. And one publishes the two figures that decide whether a robot suits a particular garden at all.
| Compared on | GOAT O600 RTK | Landroid Vision WR206E.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Stated area | 600 m² | 600 m² |
| Navigation | RTK satellite with visual positioning in weak signal, plus an AI camera | Full-HD vision with on-board AI, updated over the air |
| Boundary | None — detected and stored automatically, editable in the app | None — no wire, no beacons, no antennas |
| Slope | Up to 45 %, 3 cm obstacle clearance | Not published |
| Cutting heights | 30–80 mm in 10 mm steps | Not published |
| Cutting width | Not published | Not published |
| Battery and charge time | Not published | Not published |
A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.
ECOVACS publishes the slope limit and the cutting-height range, and those are the two questions a robot buyer actually has: will it work on my bank, and can I set the grass at the height I want it. It also publishes a 3 cm obstacle clearance, which is what decides whether a lawn edge or a root stops it.
WORX needs no antenna at all — no wire, no beacons, no satellite mast — which is a genuine simplification, because an RTK system depends on a reference station with a clear view of the sky and a garden with mature trees may not offer one. Its vision model is stated to update over the air, which is the only claim on this shelf about a machine getting better after purchase.
On this site, yes, when the other product publishes. These pages compare declared characteristics, and an unknown value cannot beat a known one. Where both are silent — cutting width and battery here — the row is a tie, and that says something true about the shelf.
They fail differently. Satellite positioning is precise in the open and loses accuracy under a canopy or against a wall, which is why this listing pairs it with a visual fallback. Vision works anywhere there is light and depends on recognising what it sees. Neither listing publishes a mapping accuracy figure.
Because it is the commonest reason a robot mower is returned. A 45 per cent slope is about 24 degrees, and a bank steeper than the stated figure means wheels that spin, a mower that beaches, and a strip of lawn that never gets cut. One of these two publishes a number.
RTK + vision, 600 m², 30–80 mm in 10 mm steps, 45 % slope
Satellite positioning with a visual fallback, 1 cm height steps from 3 to 8 cm, 45 per cent slopes and 0.7 m passages.
Best for: An open garden of moderate size with slopes and narrow links between areas
Full-HD vision, 600 m², no beacons, 2 RFID zone tags
Vision only — no wire, no beacons, no antennas — with RFID tags for multi-zone gardens and a stated 0.05 s obstacle reaction.
Best for: A garden of two or three linked lawns where nothing should be buried or bolted down
The live figure beside a product went and asked the shop for it the moment this page opened; any amount written into the text has not moved since the sentence was drafted, and it is the first of the two that counts.
