The GOAT A3000 LiDAR PRO is ECOVACS’ top-of-the-line robotic lawn mower, with two LiDAR sensors that map the yard in place of the buried perimeter wire most robot mowers still rely on. It also has a separate string trimmer on the side, so you don’t have to follow behind it to handle edges. The 32V motor and dual-blade disc system get the A3000 through dense grass and up to 50% slopes, with each charge good for about three-quarters of an acre.
A robot lawn mower that can handle all the grass-cutting on its own
The LiDAR system maps your lawn on the A3000’s first pass through the property and saves that map for all subsequent runs. Using the ECOVACS Home app, you can create No Go Zones (such as around flowerbeds, ponds, and playgrounds) and divide your map into different sections using different mowing heights and frequencies. ECOVACS’ system was built to accommodate lawns with inclines, trees, and other obstacles that are difficult to navigate for systems using only one sensor.
The Built-In TruEdge Trimmer handles the edge work that most robot mowers leave behind, with a string trimmer mounted to the side of the A3000 that extends past the main cutting deck. As the mower runs its route, the trimmer head reaches into the strips of grass along fences, garden beds, walkways, and driveway edges that the mower’s round cutting deck can’t quite reach. What you get is a finished perimeter without the manual string-trimmer pass that usually follows a robot mower cycle.
AIVI 3D obstacle detection uses the front-mounted camera and 3D ToF sensor to identify objects in the mower’s path and route around them without stopping. ECOVACS rates the system to recognize over 200 object categories, including kids’ toys, garden hoses, pet bowls, lawn furniture, and small animals. The 32V motor and dual-blade disc system handle dense grass and slopes up to 50%, so you don’t have to worry about the mower stalling on hills or in thicker patches of yard.
You can set the A3000 to a recurring schedule through the ECOVACS Home app, so it mows at the same time on the same days each week without manual start-up. The app also shows live progress on the yard map during a run, with the mower returning to its dock for a 45-minute fast charge between cycles when the battery runs low. Pausing, redirecting, or recalling the mower from the app is also available if you want to use the yard during a scheduled cycle.
Wire-free robot mowers with built-in edge trimming are typically at the top of the price range. The A3000’s $2,000 sale price knocks $500 off its $2,500 list price, making it a mower designed to handle larger or more complex yards without the boundary-wire install older systems require.