Over the pas several years been researching and monitoring the development of autonomous mowers for golf courses.
We tested an installation with Echo Robotics — started talking with them in 2023, and did an install in June 2025 to see if we could get one of them to work.
“With a maximum working area of 15 acres, the TM-2050 Turf Mower gives your turf a freshly mowed look all day, every day. ”
Monday – Wednesday, June 23rd – 25th, 2025, the Echo crew worked on an install of a TM-2050 on the Lodge golf course. The team tried to map hole 1 first, but the mower lost “trust” in it’s location halfway down the hole. So we then tried mapping holes on top of the hill. The team was able to map holes 5 and 4 successfully. And then after dinner that night (Tuesday, June 24th), the team wanted to try to map hole 6. The mower had lost “trust” in it’s location at that time. The team tried again on Wednesday morning, but the “trust” connection was intermitted. So we decided to call it quits, and stop the install. The Echo team uninstalled the mower, and removed the installation. So the install of an autonomous mower isn’t working…yet.
Below are some pictures and videos from the install session.
