Honda Wants You To Teach Its New Robot Lawnmower

Ever wanted a robot lawnmower you tin ride? If nan answer’s yes, past Honda has thing for you. The Japanese institution will beryllium debuting its caller ProZision bid of riding mowers astatine nan Equip Exposition 2025 successful Kentucky adjacent week, 1 of which Honda says tin trim your writer “without needing a quality usability connected board.”   

But you will request a personification connected board, astatine slightest to commencement with, which explains nan initially-confusing beingness of a seat. Honda says nan ProZision Autonomous exemplary does activity independently, but only aft a rider has taught it mowing routes and patterns that it locks successful pinch outer navigation. After school nan mower, users tin prime routes and settings utilizing an accompanying app if they want it to activity autonomously.

Honda’s specs and marketing material for nan mower propose it will beryllium aimed astatine master landscapers, not mean gardeners. It has a cutting width of 60-inches and a runtime covering up to 15 acres, depending connected conditions. Minoru Kato, nan wide head of Honda’s motorcycle and powerfulness products operations, said nan mower was specifically “developed to thief trim various burdens connected landscaping businesses facing challenges specified arsenic an aging and workforce shortages.”

It’s apt to costs a adjacent spot arsenic well. Honda hasn’t revealed nan pricing for nan Autonomous portion yet, but says manual ProZision models will costs $32,999. It says it will beryllium disposable successful nan US successful summertime 2026.