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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- The Mammotion Luba robot mower is set to unveil its flagship successor at CES 2026.
- The Luba 3 features Mammotion’s Tri-Fusion Navigation System, combining LiDAR, RTK, and AI Vision technologies.
- The new AWD robot mower is officially going on sale tomorrow, January 5, in Europe first.
Robot mowers are huge at CES, the technology industry’s biggest annual showcase, but this may be their biggest year yet. Mammotion, a successful robot mower manufacturer, is releasing a new lineup of devices during CES 2026, including the Mammotion Luba 3, Luba Mini 2, and Yuka Mini 2.
If you’ve read ZDNET’s robot mower coverage, you’re likely familiar with the fact that the Mammotion Luba 2 is my personal favorite robot mower, even a couple of years after its launch. This makes me all the more excited to see a successor hit the market, especially one with the company’s newer Tri-Fusion Navigation System, which offers precise positioning and navigation.
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Instead of relying on a physical boundary wire or just an RTK antenna, the Tri-Fusion system combines three technologies to maintain its position as it mows your lawn: LiDAR, NetRTK, and AI for visual recognition. The robot captures a large LiDAR field of full 360 degrees horizontally and 59 degrees vertically, with a range of up to 330 feet. This generates a live 3D map composed of millions of data points, ensuring the robot detects obstacles within one centimeter and adjusts its course accordingly.
The Mammotion Luba 3 also utilizes NetRTK, a simpler way to set up your robot by simply setting boundaries in the Mammotion app, eliminating the need to install base stations.
I’ve used the Luba 2 consistently in my front and back yard, and it’s the only RTK robot mower that has stuck to the perimeter of my property without fences or physical boundaries. I trust it to mow along the sides of my front yard that border my neighbor’s lawn, and haven’t had issues with it veering off course in well over a year.
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Two full HD cameras capture images of the robot’s surroundings, which are then processed using an AI Chip for object recognition. This AI-powered visual recognition process rounds out the Luba 3’s navigation system for increased accuracy. The robot features a 10 TOPS (Trillion Operations Per Second) processor, which provides it with twice the perception power and decision-making speed, enabling instant object recognition of various obstacles, even in shaded or low-light conditions.
Other Mammotion products at CES
Mammotion is also adding new robot mowers to refresh its product lineup. Here are the new products showcased at CES:
- Mammotion Luba Mini 2: This is an all-wheel-drive compact alternative to the flagship robot mower, which features the same 10-TOPS AI Chip as the new Luba 3. It’s a definite upgrade from the previous Luba mini, capable of covering up to 10,760 square feet and climbing 80% slopes, and utilizes a combination of tri-camera AI Vision and NetRTK to navigate.
- Mammotion Yuka Mini 2: Featuring DropMow technology, the Yuka Mini 2 is a compact, plug-and-play robot mower best suited for fenced-in yards. You can plug it in, add it to the app, and then release the Yuka Mini 2 to cut your grass. It will begin navigating in N patterns, using either LiDAR and Vision or a tri-camera AI Vision suite for navigation.
All new Mammotion products are expected to launch in 2026, although no clear pricing or release date information is yet available for the US market.
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