Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe for Hedgehogs and other Animals?

Germany introduces “ Intelligent Lawn Mowing Robot Ban”

On October 1, 2024, Cologne, Germany, officially introduced a “ban on smart lawnmowing robots”: the automatic lawnmowing function is banned at night to minimize harm to hedgehogs.

Why is the Protection of Hedgehogs Specifically Mentioned

Hedgehogs are not like other small animals; when a hedgehog is foraging for food and comes across a lawnmower at work, hedgehogs do not run away; they curl up to protect themselves, and because of this, hedgehogs are vulnerable to attack from robotic lawnmowers. The mower has sharp blades underneath, and if the mower is unable to avoid the hedgehog, then the hedgehog can be seriously injured or even killed.

Can Robotic Lawnmowers Harm Hedgehogs?

Robotic lawnmowers without vision can harm hedgehogs to a certain extent.  Altverse is a professional robotic lawn mower manufacturer and supplier in China, specializing in robotic lawn mower solutions for small animal protection.

Before the release of the policy, Chinese lawn mower manufacturer Altverse vision product, through the animal detection and obstacle avoidance function, can accurately identify more than 30 kinds of animals, hedgehogs, dogs, cats, turtles, monkeys, squirrels and so on and maintain a safe distance of at least 1 meter from the animal, this vision product can be a better protection of small animals, to become China’s first specially designed for the protection of small animals mowers. The first lawn mower in China was designed explicitly for small animal protection. This vision mower automatically sets up the mowing world in the app and stops the mower at dusk without human intervention, further protecting small animals.

Where Can I buy Robotic Lawnmowers that Protect Hedgehogs and other Animals

Altverse is a China robotic lawn mower manufacturer and supplier in terms of robotic lawn mower R&D and manufacturing. With rich experience in manufacturing and R&D, we have developed and manufactured visual mowers that can protect hedgehogs and other animals, up to dozens of species.