Lawn Care Automation Lawn Care Automation 16 articles on RTK — guides, reviews and comparisons from the team that measures real lawns.
Installation & Setup Where to Put Your Navimow Charging Station (and Why It Pauses) A service-call walkthrough: why a Navimow pauses while charging, how to relocate the dock in the app without re-mapping, and the sheltered spots that break it. 
Installation & Setup See How Many Satellites Are Over Your Lawn Right Now A free tool plots every GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou satellite over your address — live, and hour by hour across the day. No account, nothing saved. 
Guide How Many Satellites Does a Robot Mower Need? RTK mowers steer by GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou. How many satellites your lawn needs, what tree cover takes away, and how to check your own sky for free. Installation & Setup NetRTK vs Local RTK on a Navimow: Which Should You Run? Every Navimow runs one of two correction paths: NetRTK over the internet, or your own base station's direct radio link. How each works and when to switch. 
Buying Guides Robot Mowing by the Numbers: Everything We've Measured RTK range, blade wear, real acreage, slope limits — every number we've measured on real lawns and test benches, in one table, each linked to its full test. 
Tips & Maintenance 5 Navimow Upgrades That Actually Work (and One to Skip) Five Navimow upgrades we actually run as a dealer — more blades, pre-built discs, a dry-window schedule, antenna height, outdoor WiFi — and the one to skip. 
Robot Mower Comparisons The Mammotion Luba Kept Getting Stuck — So We Tried the Terranox Mammotion Luba robots kept getting stuck on this steep PA mountain property. See how the Segway Navimow Terranox handled 40° slopes with no cell coverage. 
Customer Installs Why We Installed a Mammotion LUBA 2 in Coatesville, PA The LUBA 3 is shipping — so why install a LUBA 2 in Coatesville, PA? An honest dealer look at value, LiDAR, stream-safe mapping and under-fence mowing. 
Customer Installs Navimow X450 on a Virginia Farm: Gates, Paddocks, Tight Passages Can a robot mower handle a working farm? We put the Navimow X450 on a Virginia farm — MowGate through fences, paddock zones, no-go zones and RTK + cellular. 
Installation & Setup What a Professional Robotic Mower Installation Actually Looks Like We filmed a robotic mower install start to finish — RTK placement, wall-mounted power, mapping, and training — and why the install matters more than the mower. 
Installation & Setup How to Map Your Lawn With a Navimow (And How Long It Takes) The 10-step Navimow mapping process a dealer actually uses — dock, RTK, perimeter, no-gos, channels — plus honest install times by lawn size. Comparison Navimow X430 vs X450: Is the Extra Half-Acre Worth $500? Segway Navimow X430 vs X450 — nearly identical 4WD machines. The only real difference is coverage (1 vs 1.5 acres) and $500. Which size should you actually buy? Comparison Navimow X450 vs Mammotion LUBA 3: RTK or LiDAR? Segway Navimow X450 vs Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD 5000 — RTK base antenna vs 360° LiDAR. Which wins on open lawns, tree cover, capacity and setup? An honest verdict. 
Tips & Maintenance 10 Things You Should NEVER Do With a Robot Mower People destroy $3,000 robot mowers in totally avoidable ways. The 10 mistakes to never make — from night-mow complaints to standing water and winter storage. 
Installation & Setup 10 Robotic Lawn Mower Mapping Tips (Avoid Costly Mistakes) Mapping makes or breaks a robot mower — most problems trace back to it. 10 tips on dock placement, channels, no-go zones, virtual fences, RTK signal and more. 
Installation & Setup Where to Install Your Robot Mower's RTK Antenna (4 Rules) Mount your robot mower's RTK antenna wrong and it drifts after a season. The 4 rules of RTK placement — open sky, height, rigid mounting, and reflective surfaces.