KEENON Robotics, the heavyweight behind more than 100,000 commercial bots operating across 600 cities, is turning its gaze from the restaurant floor to your overgrown back garden. The company has officially pulled the wraps off the Keenmow K1, a fully autonomous robotic lawn mower that bins the dreaded perimeter wire in favour of a sophisticated 3D LiDAR-Vision fusion system. It’s a bold leap from the predictable corridors of hospitals and diners into the cut-throat, chaotic world of smart home landscaping.
The K1’s headline act is its ability to generate a high-precision 3D map of a garden, promising a genuine “set-and-forget” experience. By leveraging its advanced sensor suite, the mower can intelligently navigate around obstacles, from the classic garden gnome to a forgotten dog toy. KEENON claims the K1’s motion control is sharp enough to thread the needle through passages as narrow as 80cm—a feat designed to eliminate those annoying manual touch-ups usually required by less nimble machines.
While the K1 was the star of the show, KEENON also flaunted its broader robotic stable, including the XMAN-R1 humanoid. Usually tasked with making popcorn or pouring drinks, the R1 was on “sweetie duty” at the launch, demonstrating the firm’s ongoing obsession with general-purpose robotics. Also on display were the C40 and C55 cleaning bots and the T10 delivery droid, serving as a firm reminder of the company’s deep-seated roots in the commercial sector.
Why should you care?
KEENON’s foray into the consumer lawn care market is a textbook case of industrial-grade technology “trickling down” to the suburban semi. The shift from buried boundary wires to LiDAR and vision-based navigation is the current frontline in the battle for the high-end mower market. This approach does away with the tedious, often infuriating process of digging up your lawn to install a perimeter wire.
By weaponising its extensive experience in autonomous navigation from complex commercial environments, KEENON isn’t just another plucky startup. It is a global leader in commercial service robot shipments, according to IDC, and that industrial pedigree could give the Keenmow K1 a serious edge in reliability. The move puts KEENON in direct competition with the established smart garden elite, betting that its “industrial-strength” AI can finally deliver a crisp trim without the usual technical faff.
