Robotic fairway mowing. Greens stay yours.
Autonomous reel and rough mowers cut your fairways while your crew keeps the greens.
- All 50
- US states served
- 10 min
- 24/7 triage
- 24/7
- emergency response
Service Robot Co. puts autonomous reel and rotary mowers on your fairways and rough, then runs the program. We pick the machine, lease it on a 3-year lease with a $1 buyout, deploy it, train your crew and service it. Your crew keeps the greens, tees and bunkers.
Updated October 2026
What is a robotic fairway mower?
It is a battery-powered mower with no rider. It follows a mapped route using GPS guidance, mows the fairway in straight lines, and drives back to its charger. Golf Course Industry describes one such reel mower as a 100-inch, 5-gang unit guided by RTK GPS.
People search it as a robotic reel mower, a golf course robot mower or an autonomous fairway mower. It is the same idea.
Is there a robotic greens mower?
Not in our program. Greens stay with your crew, who know the height, the speed and the surface.
The fairway passes are the repetitive miles. Moving them to a robot gives those hours back to greens, tees and bunkers.
Which parts of the course does a robot mow?
| Area | Who mows it | How |
|---|---|---|
| Fairways | Robot | Autonomous reel mower on a mapped route, mowing on the hours your superintendent sets. |
| Rough | Robot | Compact autonomous rotary mower on its own mapped zones. |
| Approaches and tees | Decided at the site visit | We walk them with your superintendent and say honestly whether a machine fits. |
| Greens | Your crew | Stays with your crew. We do not put robots on greens. |
| Bunkers, edges, trim | Your crew | Hand work and the details golfers notice. |
What does the USGA say about robot mowers?
From the USGA Green Section Record, April 2025. The research used Husqvarna robotic mowers at courses in five European countries, with funding that included Husqvarna.
- Golfers
- In a golfer survey at three courses in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, 90% of respondents had positive or neutral feelings about robot mowers on the course.
- Turf quality
- In the same research project, robotic mowers delivered acceptable turf quality in nearly all situations, and better quality than conventional units in some.
- Play
- The USGA article says robot mowers are programmed to move around obstacles, including golf balls, and superintendents park them during tournaments or heavy play.
- The first year
- Superintendents in the study called the first year a learning process. Blades need regular changes, and a designated staff member may be needed as the fleet grows.
Can a robot mow fairways at night?
Yes. Golf Course Industry reported four autonomous reel mowers covering all 18 fairways, 60 acres, in about four hours each night at the 2024 Black Desert Championship, a PGA Tour event.
Your superintendent sets the hours. Night, early morning or between groups, it is your call.
How does Service Robot Co. run it?
Pick
We walk the course with your superintendent, learn the fairways, the play schedule and the crew, and pick the machine that fits. If none fits yet, we say so.
Lease
One 3-year lease with a $1 buyout at the end. We quote it after the site visit, before you commit to anything.
Deploy
We map the fairways, mark the no-go areas, place the charger, set the mowing hours with your superintendent and train your crew.
Service
One call when something stops: 24/7 support with 10-minute specialist triage, regional service engineers in every state we service, three check visits a year and a 12-month warranty.
RoboCare™
Service nationwide.
- 24/7 support.
- 10-minute technical-specialist triage.
- Regional service engineers in every state we service.
- 3 check visits a year.
- 12-month warranty.
Who is this not for?
- Courses that want a robot on the greens. Greens stay with your crew.
- Courses that want a machine dropped at the shop with no mapping, training or service around it.
- Courses with no one to own the mowing schedule. Someone on the crew sets the hours.
- Courses where no machine fits yet. We say so after the site visit, before you commit to anything.
Robotic fairway mowing questions
Book a site visit.
We walk your fairways with your superintendent and tell you which machine fits. If none fits yet, we say so.
Find the robot that fits your site.
Free site assessment. We tell you what actually works before you spend a dollar.