The lawn-mowing season in North American and European markets runs annually from April through October. As the 2025 peak season approaches, Unicore Communications' UM960 series RTK module for lawn mower application has surpassed one million units shipped since Q3 2024!
Manual lawn care is labor-intensive, while traditional buried-wire robotic mowers are difficult to install. Standard GNSS solutions often cause overlapping or missed cutting areas, reducing efficiency. These issues have driven widespread adoption of high-precision RTK technology in residential landscaping.
Robotic lawn mowers and other outdoor robots rely on real-time centimeter-level positioning for navigation. While RTK typically achieves 1–2 cm accuracy in open areas, “maintaining consistent precision” is challenging near signal-obstructing features like walls or glass curtain walls. Home-use robotic mowers also face stringent safety requirements. Garden environments—with buildings, tree cover, and other obstacles—frequently block satellite signals, reducing observation data and compromising RTK reliability.
RTK positioning accuracy hinges on advanced algorithms. Unicore’s compact UM960 series module (12×16 mm) delivers stable 20Hz output of full-constellation, multi-frequency point positioning and RTK positioning data. It provides smart mowers with highly reliable, real-time centimeter-level accuracy. Unique features like interference detection, base station environment scoring, environmental awareness, and base station movement monitoring further accelerate the adoption of smart mowers. As the premier high-precision solution for outdoor robots, the UM960 enables efficient mapping, route planning, and precision navigation. Its customizable configurations meet diverse application needs, speeding customer R&D and product launches.
Reaching one million RTK modules shipped marks a milestone for the robotic lawn mower industry. This reflects both technological maturity and wider market penetration—signaling the transition of RTK mowers from niche premium products to mainstream adoption. It also demonstrates consumer-level proliferation of high-precision positioning.
As next-gen mowers grow smarter, multi-sensor fusion will dominate development. RTK technology integrates seamlessly with MEMS, vision sensors, and other solutions, creating mature, cost-effective robotic mowing platforms capable of intelligent operation in complex environments.
Validated across millions of mowers in various scenarios, Unicore’s GNSS modules offer standardized positioning for diverse outdoor robots—including agricultural, pool-cleaning, snow-removal, and embodied robots.
Why Global Leaders Choose Unicore:
1. Proven survey-grade technology
2. Safety-certified for driver-assistance systems
3. 16+ years of mass production with over a dozen high-performance GNSS chips, fortified by algorithm expertise
4. End-to-end R&D, QA, and support enabling scaled production and customization
5. Cross-industry experience (automotive, consumer, industrial) with rapid response capability
6. Trusted, innovative team driven by integrity
7. Broadest product portfolio: single/dual/multi-frequency, point positioning to RTK, PPP to PPP-RTK
8. All-in-one solution: "Chip + cloud + antenna" ecosystem
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