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Four kinds of lawn, plus whether you want to lay a wire and how much you want to spend. Pick whichever matters most for your lawn.

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What matters most about your lawn?

01 Steep yards Wes Carmody Sep 2026 Three mowers rated for a steep lawn. We compare them on the maximum slope each brand gives, on lawn size, and on trees. Then we say which one to buy for your hill. 02 Big lawns Dana Whitlock Sep 2026 Three robot mowers rated for half an acre and up. We compare them on lawn area, slope, tree cover, cut width and noise. We say which kind of big lawn each one suits. 03 Small & city lawns Wes Carmody Sep 2026 Three robot mowers that fit a small lawn. One steers by camera, one uses satellites, and one follows a wire you lay. Check the trees over your lawn and the width of your side gate before you choose. 04 Trees, beds & narrow gaps Wes Carmody Oct 2026 Many wire-free robot mowers cannot tell where they are under trees. Our three picks each use a laser, so they still know where they are in shade. We compare size, slope and gate width, then pick one for a wooded yard. 05 No boundary wire Most robot mowers need a thin wire pegged around your lawn, so they know where to stop. These ones use satellites or a camera, so there is no wire to lay. 06 Under $1,000 Dana Whitlock Oct 2026 You do not need to spend thousands to let a robot cut the grass. These three are the best budget models, and each one skips the buried wire. We name the pick for a small lawn, a sloping lawn and a bigger one.