Robot mowers have been around for a long time, but for most of that time they worked the same way, by way of a buried perimeter wire around the edge of the lawn, allowing the mower to wander inside the boundary until the grass was short. It did the job, but it had a time-consuming setup, a wire that could be cut with a spade, and no real idea where it was.

Newer wire-free mowers replace that cable with satellite positioning, cameras, and laser sensors. Sunseeker Elite, the premium robotics brand from lawn care company Sunseeker, is one of the companies working in this space.

It’s showing its current lineup at Equip Expo 2026 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, from October 20 to 23. The main focus is the X8 Plus, a model for larger residential lawns that Sunseeker Elite is previewing at the show.

Sunseeker was founded in 2009 and spent its early years making garden products. It opened its first robotic mower R&D center in 2017 and launched its first robot mowers in 2019.…