The promise of the robotic lawn mower has always been a hammock-bound fantasy: press a button, sip a lemonade, and watch a silent machine...

The promise of the robotic lawn mower has always been a hammock-bound fantasy: press a button, sip a lemonade, and watch a silent machine manicure your turf. Sunseeker’s newest flagship, the Elite X5 Gen 2, gets tantalizingly close to that dream but a fresh review confirms that the road to hands-off lawn care is still paved with frustrating, tedious installation headaches. The core issue, according to a detailed new test from New Atlas, is a classic engineering trade-off. Sunseeker has proudly eliminated the back-breaking chore of burying perimeter wire by equipping the X5 Gen 2 with its AONavi system, which blends network RTK satellite positioning with VSLAM 2.0 visual navigation . In theory, this should mean...

The promise of the robotic lawn mower has always been a hammock-bound fantasy: press a button, sip a lemonade, and watch a silent machine manicure your turf. Sunseeker’s newest flagship, the Elite X5 Gen 2, gets tantalizingly close to that dream but a fresh review confirms that the road to hands-off lawn care is still paved with frustrating, tedious installation headaches. The core issue, according to a detailed new test from New Atlas, is a classic engineering trade-off. Sunseeker has proudly eliminated the back-breaking chore of burying perimeter wire by equipping the X5 Gen 2 with its AONavi system, which blends network RTK satellite positioning with VSLAM 2.0 visual navigation . In theory, this should mean...