Genie (600, 600E, 800, 1000, 3000)
Anthbot's original wire-free mower, sold in battery sizes for lawns up to 3,600m². Reviewers liked how it spots obstacles, but how well it works depends on finding a good spot for its satellite aerial.
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The short version
The Genie is the mower Anthbot, a young brand, launched its wire-free range with. There's no boundary wire to bury. It works out where it is from satellites, helped by an aerial you stake next to the dock, and four cameras, including one on each side, watch for things in its way. Every size shares the same body and cutting disc. The bigger numbers get bigger batteries and more zones, and all but the basic 600 add a mobile data connection.
What you get is a lot of mower for the money: automatic mapping, tidy stripes, app control and good obstacle spotting. What you give up is simplicity in awkward gardens. All three testers used the top Genie 3000, and the two with bigger or busier gardens struggled to place the aerial and needed repeat passes for a clean finish.
Anthbot has since added the smaller M series and the N8, which also collects clippings, so check which range you're looking at.
Our take: Buy the Genie if your lawn is fairly open to the sky, already well kept, and you want a wire-free mower that steers round toys and leaves stripes. On a simple lawn TechRadar found it close to faultless. If your garden is large, full of obstacles or overgrown, Tom's Guide and Notebookcheck both found setup slow and the cut patchy on the first pass, so look at an all-wheel-drive rival such as the Mammotion LUBA mini 2 AWD instead.
Where it sits in Anthbot’s range
- Pion 1000Smaller, cheaper wire-free range with two front cameras
- PionOlder Anthbot model that needs a boundary wire
- Genie (600, 600E, 800, 1000, 3000)This model
- N8Wire-free mower that also collects clippings and leaves
What reviewers found
Three reviewers tested the Genie 3000. TechRadar used it for four weeks on a flat 170m² lawn under tall trees and gave it 4.5 out of 5 for faultless navigation, sharp obstacle avoidance and neat stripes. Tom's Guide ran it through a Colorado summer and gave it 4 out of 5, but found the aerial hard to place and the cut patchy in thick grass. Notebookcheck tested it on a 520m² lawn with a steep dip and found the aerial slow to connect, the mowing cautious and two passes needed. TechRadar and Notebookcheck both praise its obstacle detection.
TechRadar, hands-on, About 4 weeks, Jul 2025 (tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000; Tested on a flat 170m² lawn under tall trees) · Tom's Guide, hands-on, One summer, Oct 2025 (tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000; Tested in a Colorado garden with a garage and several trees) · Notebookcheck, hands-on, Jul 2025 (tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000; Tested on a 520m² fenced lawn with a steep dip)
Where the aerial goes decides everything
TechRadar staked the aerial beside two very tall beech trees with only about half the sky visible, and still picked up 12 to 25 satellites within a few minutes. Tom's Guide had a harder time: a detached garage and several trees left no good spot, and the tester had to string the power cable up so the mower could pass under it. Notebookcheck found the aerial took 10 to 15 minutes to connect even in open space, and the supplied cable was too short. A wall-mount kit costs extra. Walk your garden and pick the aerial spot before you buy.
Sharp eyes, sometimes too sharp
TechRadar threw dog toys, tennis balls and a chewed plant pot in its path, and the Genie dodged them all, helped by the side cameras. A ping-pong ball was too small to notice. Notebookcheck saw it spot test animal dummies and neighbourhood cats, but it also treated a fallen magnolia leaf as a hazard. Tom's Guide found it spun in place for several seconds after bumping into things before finding a new route. There are three sensitivity levels in the app, so it's worth adjusting them to suit your lawn.
Neat on kept lawns, patchy elsewhere
On TechRadar's lawn it cut thick early-summer growth evenly, left stripes, and finished the whole lawn and its edges in about an hour with 72% battery left. Tom's Guide found it only okay in very thick grass, needing repeat passes, and it struggled with weeds and sandy or muddy patches. Notebookcheck saw grass streaks even close to the aerial and needed a second full run at right angles to the first for an acceptable finish. The difference seems to be the lawn: short, well-kept grass suits it; shaggy or weedy lawns don't.
Turn on the edge setting
By default the Genie leaves most of the border alone, Tom's Guide found, but the Edge setting in the app sends it round the fringes. TechRadar saw its border cutting improve hugely once it switched that on and drove the mower closer to the edge to widen the map. Notebookcheck found edges fairly consistent after two runs, apart from a strip along a steep drop, which it tidied by driving the mower by hand from the app.
Setup and software have rough spots
Automatic mapping took TechRadar about five minutes. Tom's Guide had a rougher start: a firmware update that can't be skipped failed nine times out of ten, and automatic mapping kept snagging, so the tester drove the boundary by hand in about 20 minutes. Notebookcheck also waited a couple of hours for an update and found manual mapping quicker on an irregular lawn. Tom's Guide rated the app a solid B, and TechRadar found the finer cutting-height steps hidden. Set aside an afternoon for setup.
All three reviews cover the Genie 3000, the largest size. The others share its body, cameras and cutting disc but have smaller batteries, and the basic 600 has no 4G.
Prices
Where to buy the Genie (600, 600E, 800, 1000, 3000) in United Kingdom
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Before you buy
The questions people ask about this one
Does it need a boundary wire?
No. It uses satellite positioning, corrected by an aerial next to the dock, plus four cameras, per the specifications. TechRadar had it mapping on its own in about five minutes, while Tom's Guide and Notebookcheck found driving it round the edge by hand quicker in busier gardens.
Does it need a clear view of the sky?
A reasonable one. TechRadar got a solid signal beside very tall trees with about half the sky visible. Tom's Guide struggled to find any good spot in a garden with a garage and several trees, and Notebookcheck found the aerial slow to connect. A wall-mount kit that lifts the aerial higher is sold separately.
Will it cope with my slope?
Anthbot claims 45%, per the specifications. Notebookcheck saw it handle a 25-degree sinkhole without getting stuck, though it left the edge along that drop uncut. TechRadar's lawn was flat, and it points owners of steeper gardens towards all-wheel-drive mowers.
How noisy is it for neighbours?
Anthbot quotes 58dB or less, per the specifications. Notebookcheck measured 66.2dB but still called it pleasantly quiet. TechRadar found the drive motor a touch louder than other robot mowers it had tested, but hardly audible from more than about 8 metres away.
Is there a subscription for 4G or anti-theft?
Every size except the basic 600 has 4G, with the first year of data included and yearly renewals after that, per the specifications. TechRadar notes a PIN code on the mower and an alarm with a phone alert if it's carried outside its area.
What happens when it rains?
A rain sensor pauses mowing, and TechRadar found you can set it to wait between one and eight hours before starting again. Tom's Guide says it heads back to the dock when rain starts, and it's rated IPX6, so you can hose it down. A rain cover is an optional extra.
Compare with
LUBA mini 2 AWD 1000
All-wheel drive for steeper lawns, and its side edge disc cut much of the grass other mowers leave along borders.
The tested app and a fixed edge-cutting height set some practical limits.
i2 AWD
An all-wheel-drive wire-free mower, and one owner found its network positioning worked well in open areas.
The same owner reported poor positioning in narrow strips beside the house, which support didn't fix.
E15 Robot Lawn Mower
A camera-guided wire-free mower with no aerial to place, and one owner was ready to mow in about ten minutes.
A long-term owner had a faulty cutting-height mechanism that caused overheating until the mower was replaced.
Full specifications
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Sources
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- TechRadar: Anthbot Genie review (Genie 3000) · 4.5 / 5Hands-on, About 4 weeks · Tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000 · Tested on a flat 170m² lawn under tall trees
- Tom's Guide: Anthbot Genie 3000 robot lawnmower review · 4 / 5Hands-on, One summer · Tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000 · Tested in a Colorado garden with a garage and several trees
- Notebookcheck: Anthbot Genie review: Grants the wish of a mowed lawn. MostlyHands-on · Tested on the Anthbot Genie 3000 · Tested on a 520m² fenced lawn with a steep dip
- Anthbot: Genie product page (US)Manufacturer