ECOVACS Goat O1000 RTK Robot Lawn Mower, Perimeter Wire Free Vision Robotic Lawnmower for 1/4 Acres Lawn, Automated Mapping, APP Control, 3D Obstacle Avoidance, Zero-Edge Cutting

I once owned a Robomow R500 several years ago, an old perimeter wire robotic mower and loved it. But after repairing breaks in the wire, several battery replacements (lead acid), you learn. What I liked about it was it had three streel blades each about 8in long and angled down. It could cut through really thick tall grass and it had a wide cutting area. I ran that for close to 10years. We named it "Curly" for Moe (mow), Larry and Curly. It eventually went to storage. So my wife gave me permission to buy a new one. So after a lot of looking, I wanted an RTK (hi-fidelity GPS) based model with some AI and computer vision smarts. One that showed up on my radar was the Ecovac GOAT O10000 RTK. It did everything the Mammotion Luba (my first choice), but the O1000 had a more budget friendly price. My biggest concern with the O10000 was the size and robustness of the single blade systems; the small cut size, and the 3 razor disk. After a couple of weeks of use now I can relax some. I've replaced the blades set once already but maybe could have gotten a few more cuts; the size of those blades seems to be standardized so no issue. The Ecovac app works well with the GOAT O1000 although it takes a while to learn. For example, I have a Front yard, back yard, behind the garage yard and the side of the house yard. The backyard is enclosed with a chainlink fence. So I needed a path that would connect the front-yard, (sections; I split it into 2 zones seperated by the front sidewalk) and side-yard so I created that joined all of those. One charge will get the the front and another will get will get the back. What is so amazing, is once it's all mapped out and connected with the path the robot is all automatic. It mows it all in straight lines (you set the angle) and it can be scheduled to do all automatic. It is impressive how well it works. Sharp blades cut nice lawns so the results have been great. The charging takes about 1 1/2-2hr for 100%. So on mowdays (I'm mowing every 2days) I have zone(3)(2)(1) for the morning, then a 2hr rest (charge time), then zone(4) for the last time. It's amazingly automatic and more or less hassle free. The only hassles I've had was the initial setup. In my first attempt, I place the robot under my steps hiding it from the weather... but that was a no-no. The robot itself needs to see clean GPS signals (regardless of the RTK pole). So having the robot base (charger) away from buildings or overhanging structures is important. While it has a generous amount of wire from the charge station to the power transformer, you need an outlet for it. I had one available but still needed a waterproof extension cord from the outlet to the power transformer. It's all water proof so no problem, leaving everything uncovered. Anyway, once you get it all setup, you use the phone app (android or apple) to map the zones. It has automapping so it uses AI and computer vision to find an walk next to edges. You can manually take over for other operations to direct the mapping and later do manual no-mow zones. Once done, and your zone is done, it's ready to go. Once you have zones defined, you just setup the paths connecting all you zones and your all set. I have mine doing front and side yards in pass one but it passes through the back gate. If I forget to open the gate, it simply returns to the charger base. If it's open, it just follows the path right to the front section and goes to town. So I've noticed it doesn't like tall tufts of onion-grass which is common in the "Bluegrass State" and see those as osbsticles. It handles the front yard tree well. I found it could not create a zone for a very narrow strip, it needs about 4ft width to create a zone, but mine was about 2 1/2ft. So you may still need a small mower for trimming and string trimmer. It's a great machine, and value at sub $1000 at the moment. All and all, I'm already loving the Ecovac Goat O1000 RTK advanced robotic mower. Seriously 5 star. Update: I've used now about 30+ times and I don't think I would ever go back. The lawn is looking great an I've had very few issues with it. The app software takes a little time to learn how to map your lawn and connect everything with paths. My only frustration the manually steered mode would always disengage the mower left go of the steering button So you would have to stop and re-engage the the mower blades and resume (for example if you loose Bluetooth connectivity in manual mode). I had it get stuck twice at two specific locations in my lawn (which were holes I needed to fill in my lawn). If you have bushes that over hang low to the yard, the robot will assume they are obstacles and not go under them. However, what a time saver.. The front, sides and backyards are all mapped out, and I run the 'GoatyO' about every 2 days, first doing the back, then the front and sides. The biggest issue I had was placing the RTK tower and mower in a suitable location, as it needed to be away from the house and have electricity. Both the robot and tower have to see a min of 25 satellites and at first I thought it was just the RTK tower. The other small issue is it cuts the grass shorter than I'm used to. I have it set to it's max which looks nice. I would also recommend when you do your mapping to cut and edge the grass first so that it has a clear look at the obstacles, like sidewalk edges, fences, garden edging, etc. All and all it's the best deal going. I don't ever want to go back. Beats that summer heat. OK Late summer update; still 5-star. The grass cut is excellent! It works with the Huskavarna(s) blades. I have some extra-long titanium (from Amazon) that work better than any stainless. It goes out once or twice a week, gets through most grass up to about 8in tall. It has a few quirks you learn. Like it doesn't like crawling under low overhanging bushes or sunken sidewalks (you need to do those in manual mode). It really is all automatic. And on a 100F day, do you really want to mow grass? Setup takes thinking and is not easy but once you've done it get a feel for the software; the little Goat can MOW!

Update: I am adding this update and dropped the rating because we bought a Segway Navimow 110 and it is flawless. Set up and mapping were easy. It actually mows non stop with no input. Camera actually detects obsticals, Adjust its cut directions 60* each time, MUCH better battery life. This has met the standard of what we expected. I’ll start off by saying, when this thing works we loved it. Bought it with the expectation that it would regularly cut our lawn (less then 1/4 acre) for us and we could weed wack and mow here and there if needed for clean up. It has a pretty nice cut, missing strips sometimes but I adjusted the direction regularly (manually) and it generally got it next time. It generally does a good job making consistent cut lines back and forth, occasionally got stuck but only on steeper inclines where it ended up caught on something because it was struggling to turn. It ran at night multiple times flawlessly. It’s quiet, you really only hear the blades cutting the grass and that’s when you’re close to it. The set up was super quick, and the manual mapping didn’t give me too many issues. Minor downsides I found were that it really would need to spend 12+ hours cutting to get through everything. The dual blade one might be worth upgrade if you wanted it to minimize the cut time. I found that having it mow pretty much every day it actually did the job quicker likely because less cutting resistance extended battery. There is an option on the app to set and change mow direction but it only had an option to alternate weekly. I could see this tearing up the lawn when it makes its turns to come back if you were cutting every day. Probably a relatively easy software fix. I found adjusting the map boundaries to be more challenging than it should be. My neighbor has another brand that he can go into the app and pull or push boundary lines with his finger. The deal break for us was that it consistently lost its signal. We had 20-30 satellites and a “strong” connection. It would be mowing fine and then have errors like “lost rtk signal” or “out of bounds” even though it was dead center in the yard. It seemed to happen during the day consistently so I don’t know if it is overly sensitive to heat (hasn’t been over 85 but it is direct sunlight). Other times it would just stop, show in the app that it was in the charger and it would be somewhere else completely in the yard…sometimes still moving. Losing the signal caused sporadic behavior though. Support was OK, I only used the app messenger, did not try to call. Per their instructions I moved the RTK at least 3 times, remapped the whole yard probably 5-10 times. Did a hard reset to the mower, powered on and off time and time again. Ultimately ours has been having issues pretty much since it came out of the box and due to that it’s going back before the return period ends. I am tempted to buy another and hope we just got a dud and that is saying something but we might have to go with a different brand.

After mowing my own lawn for 20 years, I'm finally taking a break. This mower is not just plug in and run. It takes some setup but this mower does a great job as long as you take the time to set it up correctly. I've run this mower 4x in my backyard and am pretty happy with it overall. SETUP So there is a little bit of setup and planning required to set up this mower. The app will walk you through setup step-by-step which makes it easy. Essentially you leave this mower docked outside all the time. There are some screws to secure the dock to the yard, or you could dock it on concrete if it can drive easily to the yard or there is a small ramp. After that the satellite sensor needs to be plugged in and run to the halfway point in the yard. At first I was worried about the mower running over the cable but there are hooks to secure it low to the ground and out of the way so the mower can go over it in the yard without any issues. I made the decision to put the sensor up when I'm not using it, but that is a personal preference. SETUP IMPORTANT NOTES I had a few issues that I had to go back and fix before it mowed without missing spots. Map well, ensure the satellite sensor is not leaning, and my personal recommendation: Set the mower speed to Delicate, not Quick). Also, it isn't going to tear through really tall grass, so make sure it is at a reasonable height before expecting it to keep your yard looking great. Since there is only one sessor I haven't tried running it in my front yard too, but I suspect you would need to map the front and back all at once then split it into sections. MAPPING TAKE YOUR TIME MAPPING. I used the manual mapping (although there is an auto-map function) and ended up doing it again after rushing it the first time. It recommends leaving space between the fence when mapping, but I've found that staying right up against the edge of the yard works best. You don't have to have it right next to the yard since you can drive it to the starting point when mapping but it will need a clear path from the dock to the yard. I have some holes in my yard it got stuck in and was able to add "no-go" areas after the mapping was complete. You can either mark it directly on the map through the app, or even drive the mower to the no-go area manually. You can also split the yard into sections, mark sidewalks, etc. which will help with mowing large areas, certain sections, or generally scheduling mowing. MOWING After fixing the issues mentioned above it did a fantastic job mowing my yard. I didn't turn it over until the 4th run of mowing my backyard and realized the blades are small but VERY sharp, so be careful. This makes the mower extremely quiet to the point where I wasn't sure if the blades were running until I saw the mowed grass behind the robot. You still need a weed-eater for edges against the fence and stuff like that (which is to be expected since you do that with a normal mower too.) I expected to have some issues with wet grass, but it did a surprisingly good job, although I don't plan to run it right after rain. There is a setting to delay running until 3 hours after rain which is nice for scheduled tasks. APP The app is helpful for setup, seeing the areas that have been mowed, etc. There are not a ton of settings, but there are some helpful things like auto-resume, obstacle avoidance sensitivity (flat ground, normal, high grass) and mowing direction. You can set it to mow along exact boundaries or edge mowing if you don't map exactly it will get closer to edges (do not recommend it if you don't have a fence separating your neighbors yard). There are also sensors for rain and pets that will automatically stop it. There are some extra settings that I don't use but are nice to have like an anti-theft alarm and adding the location to Google maps. Overall this is a great little lawnmower compared to others that are 2x or 3x the price. It isn't perfect and takes some time to set up but is worth it once it is up and running!

We had been considering getting a robot mower for a while now. We have 4 children that are on the spectrum and have adhd. Getting down to each other is like going due to medical issues of myself and my husband. It is hard for us to do the yardwork. I already have had to pay an exorbitant amount to have to do the front yard and I cannot afford to pay double that to add the backyard to it. So we were considering in getting a robotic mower just to do the backyard but now we can do the front yard. Most of our front is not within the 17” incline. The small portion that is, is the ditch and my husband said he could handle it with a weed eater since the robotic mower can do the rest. Which would save us more money in the long run. Part of our issues are our kids have sensory issues. We have an electric mower because gas mowers are too loud for the kids and the smell as well. While we do have a relatively quieter electric mower than others do. They find it too loud. This brand, Ecovac has a good reputation to begin with. So I thought would start with this. It took about 20 minutes to initially set it up and that did include Unpacking everything getting an all put together instead of outside. Also included downloading, updating and installing firmware. Surprisingly, the mower came with a 57% battery. It was essentially basically like a plug-in play robotic mower. The instructions as far as putting it together were very clear. Installing the app was easy in the instructions as far as setting up the pin code and then going from the pin code and adding it to the Wi-Fi Was really just very user-friendly. And then when you went out and then set it up as far as putting everything together and getting it going and installing the firmware, it was just really you followed the prompts and that was it. The same went when you were following the mapping you just followed it step-by-step. Then it took about 10 minutes trying to figure out how to learn the mapping. I have muscle twitches and so I was having a hard time Handling the “joystick “on the app so my movements were jerky so I was having the mower spinning and going in quirky movements. So I’m gonna have my husband redo the mapping of the backyard for me but all that considering it did really well it understood what I was telling it to do surprisingly. So it is definitely easy to maneuver just takes a slight learning curve! It understood the commands that I was giving in even with my twitches and reacted very quickly we had high patches of grass in certain areas. I should’ve chosen a higher setting, giving how high the grass was so that the mower would never work as hard as it did. But it actually did cut through the grass and did not stall. In one of my photos you’ll be able to see the huge difference between the basically 6-7 inch grass and the cut that it did because I had said it for it in 2 inches when I should’ve had it 4 inches that way I could just do a second pass. The mower itself basically is at a home as far as a noise. It is very very quiet. It does not bother my children at all. The dogs are actually louder. The cutting is actually very quiet. I would say that the quietest weed eater is 50 times louder. It has really good traction even with our super dry dirt at the moment. It had zero issues moving around. It’s a really well built machine. It’s super heavy, quality made and very we’ll constructed. Definitely made for the outdoors. It’s made to get the work done. It’s meticulous in its work buts not slow it moves quickly and gets the job done well. It does have an animal lockout. Which you can turn off if you want and it does do things if it notices something. I do like that. It has the pin code so that you can have an avoidance if somebody decides to steal it then they’re locked out. Also, I like the fact that you can schedule it so that way, even if you’re gone, you can schedule it for your away and have we can just have it mowed for whenever we want and not have to worry about it which will make it so much easier for us in the long run. I don’t have to worry about my kids. I can manage allergies so much easier now. And it’s one less thing that’s knocked off my budget and one less thing that’s knocked off our scheduling. Not to mention the fact that unlike some other brands, it actually has a rain sensor on it, which was something that I don’t know how but I completely missed when I read all about it and so if it just even senses that it’s gonna be a heavy rain, it will automatically stop and not run. It’ll resume after I think like three hours or so after the rain stops. Which means I don’t have to be so paranoid about it if it happens to rain and we have stepped out. I was exceedingly surprised with this.

Update Aug 2025: The warranty process went very well. Ecovacs customer support has been excellent. Communication was prompt and the new mower arrived quickly. I did not have to pay any shipping. I am still amidst the set-up process with the new mower, and I'm working through some kinks with the mapping. I will update again when things are up and running smoothly. Update July 2025: I had very successful use of the robot for 2 months. Then, a disabling error code appeared which will not go away, despite much troubleshooting, a factory reset, and contacting customer support. Customer support has been very responsive and offers warranty support. I am currently in that process, and I will update this review again regarding how that goes. For now, I've removed one star, and I will eventually reevaluate my rating pending the warranty process and my experience with a replacement (or repaired) robot. The timing is inconvenient, as during the hottest part of the summer, I find myself needing to manually mow with my push mower, which I am not able to do due to health issues with the heat. (Hence, the reason I purchased this product.) I think it is important to keep in mind, if you are considering purchasing a robotic mower (of any brand) that you will still need to be prepared to suddenly mow manually, again, in the event of a technical issue. I still feel that the Ecovacs Goat 1000Rtk is a very good product based on how extremely well it worked before the error code. I think it is reasonable to expect that any highly precise computerized machine, with complex AI and moving parts, which is constantly exposed to outdoor elements, can always be susceptible to technical glitches. I look forward to the completion of a repair or a replacement. After being able to use the Ecovacs Goat again, I will provide another future update. Original review: This Ecovacs Goat robotic lawnmower has made such a difference for me health wise, and it works so much better than I ever dreamed it would! The decision to buy: I found myself needing to take care of my parents’ huge lawn. I decided that I could mow it with my small push mower, if I mowed a section every day or two. Then, the grass started growing faster, and it got hot. Soon, I found myself needing to mow every single day to stay on top of it. I have some health issues that really limit my energy levels, especially in the heat. After mowing each day, I was left with almost no energy left to accomplish other things that day, and the mowing was also triggering asthma. I was about to call a lawn service, which would cost $100 per mow. We had used them before, and the very large machines would yank out the grass and create big ruts, so I really didn’t want to do that. Then, I found the Ecovacs Goat on Amazon! I was really hesitant to spend the money, but after watching a lot of You Tube videos and studying the reviews, I took a chance and got it. This is honestly one of the best purchases I have ever made on Amazon. Set-up and use: Right out of the box, it was fairly easy to do the initial set-up and the auto mapping. In just a couple of areas, I needed to steer it myself, using the app, and once I got the hang of it that was pretty easy, too (and fun.) I did find the instructions included were somewhat confusing, especially because they showed a diagram of a different model, referencing buttons that mine did not have. Thankfully, I had watched enough YouTube videos and read enough reviews that I was able to figure it out. (So I highly recommend that you watch some videos and read the reviews while you are waiting for your robot to arrive, as that did really help ease the set up process for me. Despite the instructions being a little lacking, the set-up is actually not difficult at all, and the robot does a very good job of auto mapping. I have also read other reviews stating that Ecovacs customer service is very helpful, so there is always that option if you need help. I did not need to do that though. Once you have the lawn mapped and zones created, the app is very straightforward to use, and the mowing is really fun to watch! The robot does a beautiful job of mowing perfectly straight lines. The only thing to note, is that if you have a very tall weed, like a 6-8 inch tall dandelion, it will think something is there and avoid it. (I find that you can just stomp on the dandelion, so that it is tilted over, and that seems to enable the robot to mow it. Yes, I know that spreads the seeds, but I’ll be doing some spraying too, lol.) After mowing an area, the robot will go back to any spots where it thinks there was an obstacle, and mow around it if it is still there. So if you accidentally leave something in the yard, like a bucket, dog toy, etc., you can go move it and the robot will come back and mow that area at the end of mowing that section. This robot navigates hills and uneven terrain quite well. Our ground is pretty uneven (remember those ruts I mentioned earlier created by the lawnmowing service?) There are also several hills which I expected I would surely still need to do myself with the push mower. The robot, however, handles those with no problem! I was so shocked and extremely pleased! Conclusion: This little robot mower is very well designed, functions extremely well, and is very easy to use. I cannot recommend it highly enough! This will be especially helpful to seniors and anyone with health issues who finds it a challenge to physically mow. I am very impressed with the amount of lawn this little robot can mow. I didn’t initially believe my robot friend would be able to do the entire lawn, because it is slightly larger than the size listed, so initially I had planned on still mowing the front lawn myself….but, what a delightful surprise, he easily does the whole thing, front and back, slightly over 1/4th acre! Final thoughts: If you aren’t physically able to mow, or you have limited time for mowing, this is another wonderful option instead of using an expensive lawn service. This robot cost much less, over the long run, and it really does a perfectly beautiful job. It is quieter and much better for the lawn too! I am so happy with this purchase, and I highly recommend it!

I bought this a couple of weeks ago and am returning it. The product description says it can do .25 acres a day. I have a good amount of land, but figured I could mow one zone per day. I didn't care if it took 5 days because it would still save me a ton of time. After trying to map out my 4th zone, I was met with a "Your map cannot exceed 10,700sqft." error. Ecovacs caps the map size, so the only way to mow a larger area is to buy a more expensive model. I reached out to Ecovacs directly to see if there was a workaround and they told me to buy one of their other models. This mower would be 100% capable of mowing my entire yard if it weren't for the map limitation in the app. Aside from that, I was incredibly happy with it. The RTK worked great in my yard surrounded by trees. The mower cuts great and was very precise. My yard is complex. It handles most terrain and scenarios without any problems. The only issues it had were with the trampoline and hammock. I had to set up a no-go zone. It got stuck on the trampoline leg and tried to dig a hole to China. It never shut off. The wheels kept spinning and digging. It's certainly slow but it's perfect for a small yard. I'm only giving this 2 stars because of the deceptive practices by Ecovacs....very uncool. I decided to go with an Anthbot 3000 for $999 instead of Ecovacs equivalent for $2,500!

I am so delighted we went with the Ecovacs Goat. Some pertinent background; we live in Florida and let me tell you with our daily summer rainstorms our grass needs to be cut every 5 days or so. We only have grass in the front and on the sides of the house. The grass covers just under 1/4 acre. Set up out of the box was intuitive and pretty easy, in my opinion. I should note I do not consider myself exceptionally tech savvy either. I was able to sync with my home WiFi in under a minute. The unit updated for about 10 minutes and then it was time to sync with the satellites. The process was simple, the first time it only synced with 19 satellites but it was super easy to restart the process. The second time around I made sure I was more than 2 feet away. Worked like a charm! Once I had the unit synced with satellites. It was time to map our property. I found the process rather intuitive and honestly quite quick for what was taking place. After mapping was complete I let the robot charge to full and decided to run it for a cut. The robot did a beautiful job. Our lawn looked as good as if we had used the push mower ourselves. I really like that this ecovacs model doesn’t have a perimeter wire. I can’t imagine how time and energy intensive installing a perimeter wire might be. The real time GPS navigation is working flawlessly for us. Another cool feature is the LiDAR to detect obstacles and the subsequently avoid the obstacles. Our oldest son had left a hose out during a mow that we missed. The ecovacs robot avoided the hose thus saving us an expense replacing it. The ecovacs robot is surprisingly quiet, magnitudes upon magnitudes quieter than our push mower. It also has a zero cutting edge which actually works, we definitely will not have to edge every time we mow with how good this robot mows edges. The app is amazing and so easy to use. I can customize zones and schedule mowings all from the comfort of my house when I have a spare minute. Battery life was more than enough to finish mowing our whole lawn in one charge. Overall I am beyond delighted with the performance of this robot mower for all the reasons mentioned. I really did not find anything worthy of a complaint.

I chose the Ecovacs brand because I expected that a company with a lot of experience with robotic vacuums would have a lot of the bugs worked out versus a company getting straight into lawnmowers. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. I spent about 6 hours working on this thing over the course of two days, and I just had to give up. The lawn needs to get mowed, and I can't be spending more time babysitting than it would take to actually mow. For background, I live in a cookie cutter neighborhood, tiny yards, ~12ft between houses. Small backyard, small front yard, strips along the sides. I work in tech and actually enjoy setting up this sort of thing -- if you are not technically inclined, the process will be painful. The problems started during set up. Despite being near wifi and with a good signal, it would not do the firmware update. It would slowly progress over 30 minutes or so, and then fail. Eventually I brought it inside right next to the router and it managed to update in ~10 minutes. Next, I had problems getting enough satellites and was moving the docking station all over the yard, which was a huge pain. Eventually found an inconvenient spot towards the back of the back yard that had the required 20 satellites. Interestingly, when I checked back later, it was saying 26 satellites. Next problem, the mapping. Unless you have a fully fenced yard with nothing in it, perfectly smooth edges, and no obstacles, the auto mapping is worthless. Manual mapping I ended up going back over the same path several times to get a reasonable map, but the bottom line is that I don't think it's positioning itself accurately enough. The robot position on the map would randomly jump to out of the defined path, it was impossible to get straight lines down a house or fence line, and "narrow" areas were not captured. By narrow I'm talking about the 8ft strip next to the house, not exactly tiny. Once I actually got a reasonable map, I was expecting some payoff only to be disappointed again. As other reviewers stated, a toddler could do a better job mowing. I just don't think it has the positioning resolution to be able to get tidy strips, it would constantly leave unmowed patches. Even mowing twice, with 90degree different directions, there were areas missed. Bonus issue, at some point it refused to connect in "standard mode" (wifi) and would only connect in bluetooth, despite having full bars wifi signal at the mower. I really wanted to like this product, but unless you have an extremely specific yard type (wide open, nothing in it, no elevation), and you happen to live somewhere with a plethora of satellites, I don't expect you'll have any better luck. This product is not ready to be released and Ecovacs should be embarrassed.