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MOVA LiDAX Ultra 1200 review

Laser scanning plus vision, a sliding blade disc that cuts within 5 cm of a wall, 45 per cent slopes and 60 cm passages.

The bottom line The only machine here using 360-degree 3D laser scanning rather than cameras or satellites, and the one with the widest height range on the shelf at 3 to 10 cm. A blade disc that slides sideways brings the cut within 5 cm of a wall, and the listing states 45 per cent slopes, 4 cm obstacles and 60 cm passages.

What the maker prints on its own page

A robot mower using AI vision and 360-degree 3D LiDAR to build a centimetre- accurate 3D map of a garden automatically, without cable or RTK stations, and the maker states this holds for complex layouts and in poor or glaring light.

An edge-cutting system slides the blade disc so the machine cuts within 5 cm of walls, hedges and raised edges, driving the path edges for clean transitions. AI on 3D point-cloud data is stated to recognise and avoid over 300 obstacle types. A rear-wheel drive with off-road wheels handles slopes up to 45 per cent and obstacles up to 4 cm, and paths from 60 cm wide. Path planning is U-shaped for even coverage, and the machine resumes where it stopped after charging. Two independent maps and up to 150 zones are managed in the app, with per-zone schedules. A security system monitors the surroundings and a tracking module alerts if the machine leaves the mapped area. The cutting height is set from the app between 3 and 10 cm.

The third sensor

Three approaches share this shelf and this is the only machine using the third.

Cameras interpret an image and depend on light. Satellite positioning is precise in the open and weak under a canopy. Laser scanning measures distance directly: it does not care about light at all and it maps physical structure to the centimetre.

Its blind spot is the one that matters most on a lawn — the line between grass and border is a change of colour and texture, not a change of shape — which is why this machine carries vision as well.

Cutting within 5 cm

A robot leaves a strip at every hard boundary because its blade sits inside its chassis. Sliding the disc outward is a mechanical answer rather than a software one, and on a garden made mostly of edges it is the difference between strimming afterwards and not.

3 to 10 cm

The widest height range on the shelf. The top of it is genuinely long grass, which is a drought setting and a shade setting rather than a normal one, and no other robot here offers it.

Where the listing is thin

The stated area exists only in the model name. There is no battery capacity, no charge time and no cutting width. On the most technically described machine here, the mower itself is the part left out.

Availability

From 699 € to 1099 €, that being the spread across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores on the day of the survey.

Listed and unsold: the British Amazon catalogue holds the reference with nobody behind it.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store at all; the buy button there runs a search rather than opening an empty page.

Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

The declared figures, and the point they stop at

Strengths

  • The widest cutting-height range on the shelf, 3 to 10 cm
  • A blade disc that slides out to cut within 5 cm of a wall or hedge
  • Rear-wheel drive with off-road wheels, 45 per cent slopes and 4 cm obstacle clearance stated

Compromises

  • The stated area appears only in the model name, not as a published figure
  • No battery, no charge time, no cutting width
  • Laser scanning maps structures well and says less about where a lawn edge is

Specifications

Cutting widthNot published
Stated areaNot published as a figure — the model name carries 1200
Navigation360° 3D LiDAR with AI vision, no cable and no RTK station
BoundaryNone — automatic 3D mapping, with editable zones in the app
SlopeUp to 45 %, obstacles up to 4 cm, passages from 60 cm, as stated
Cutting heights30–100 mm, set in the app
BatteryNot published
Charge timeNot published
AppYes — two maps, up to 150 zones, schedules, theft tracking
Guaranteed noiseNot published
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB0GD23KKHC (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN6977973410782

What this machine usually gets asked

How is LiDAR different from a camera?

It measures distance with light rather than interpreting an image, so it is unaffected by darkness or glare and it maps structures — walls, furniture, trunks — extremely precisely. What it is less good at is the boundary between mown grass and a border, which is a colour and texture question rather than a shape one. This machine pairs it with vision for that reason.

What does a sliding blade disc do?

It moves the cutting head sideways beyond the chassis so the blade reaches closer to an edge than the body allows. It is the same problem every robot has — nothing cuts to a wall — and one of the few mechanical answers to it on this shelf.

Is 10 cm a useful cutting height?

For an ordinary lawn it is very long. It is useful in a drought, under trees, or on a lawn being recovered, and no other robot here goes that high.

Who this one is for

A large, complicated garden with slopes, narrow links and a lot of hard edge

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on September 26, 2026.

Sources

Specifications: manufacturer sheet and Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.

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