The tentacles of AI seem to be reaching everywhere, even to the humble lawnmower. We tested the Sunseeker Elite X5, a robotic mower that uses machine learning to steer around your lawn, to see what happens when artificial intelligence meets whirling blades of doom.

The X5 weighs in at 26.5 pounds (12 kg) and measures 26.7 x 16.7 x 10.2 inches (68 x 42.5 x 26 cm). It has a 5 Ah battery, which, in our testing, lasted for just over an hour, at which point the robot will trundle back to its charging station.

The makers claim it will handle a lawn area up to 2,000 m² with a maximum slope of 60 percent or 30 degrees, although we couldn't verify the latter. The chunky front wheels and single rear steering wheel certainly seemed up to the job and made light work of the undulations of the patch o

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