Segway Navimow has finally created a compact robot lawn mower that will treat your lawn with the meticulous care it deserves

Typically, it’s the oversized, high-end lawn robots for lavish gardens that get all the best features, and the cheaper, compact robots can seem like a bit of an afterthought. But Segway Navimow has released a new compact robot lawn mower that it says will treat small yards with the meticulous attention they deserve.

Of all the lawn robots I saw at CES 2026, it’s the Segway Navimow i2 AWD that really stands out. It’s not the flashiest design – in fact, it’s the most affordable of the brand’s 2026 launches – but it has clever features that allow it to create a perfectly manicured striped lawn, without ever risking damage to your turf.

This robot lawn mower has all-wheel drive – therefore AWD – which is very unusual for a compact robot lawn mower. It only has two main wheels (as is often the case with compact lawn robots), so it won’t climb particularly rocky terrain.

But this means the wheels won’t drag on your lawn when the robot turns. This is especially relevant for tight pivots that you need to create rifling.

To complement the individually controlled main wheels, the smaller stability wheel on the front of the lawn robot has also undergone some design changes. It’s also powered (again, which is unusual) and can rotate 180 degrees to guide the robot around hairpin turns with confidence and precision – and without ever tearing up your grass. The brand calls all this technology “Xero-turn”.