Roborock launches its first robot lawn mower in the US

Roborock is finally bringing its bots to yards in the US, several months after expanding into robot lawn mowers last year. The Roborock RockMow X1 LiDAR, announced today at CES, will be launching later this year, featuring autonomous navigation, all-wheel drive, and 360-degree 3D scanning using a combination of LiDAR and Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM).

Like the earlier RockMow Z1, the RockMow X1 LiDAR can handle slopes of up to 80 percent and traverse obstacles up to 3.1 inches high. According to Roborock, it can mow up to half an acre (about 2,000 square meters) per day, notably less than the 5,000 square meters the Z1 is capable of.

The RockMow X1 LiDAR will face some competition in the US, including from other lawn-mowing bots that also use LiDAR.