I've had the GOKO M6 in my backyard on the Gold Coast for weeks. I've seen it climb a demo slope at the Lawn and Land Equipment Expo, I've sent it up my own wet bank and through two months of uncut buffalo, and I've already done two full reviews on it. So when GOKO invited me down to Curzon Hall in Sydney for the official GOKO Australia brand launch, I wanted to see two things: the M6 finally launching properly here, and the brand new GOKO X5, which I was seeing for the very first time.

This post covers the whole day: who GOKO actually is, the M6 and its Australian pricing, a recap of what my home testing showed, the M6 mowing again on the Curzon Hall lawn, my time on stage sharing my results, and a proper first look at the X5, a three-in-one commercial remote control mower that mows, blows snow and tows. One honest note up front: this is a launch event, not a new test. Everything I say about the X5 is from watching the demo and GOKO's figures. I haven't run it on my own property yet.

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01Who Is GOKO?

A lot of you have been asking me this, so let's start here. GOKO is the consumer robotics brand of Robot++, a company with more than a decade of robotics experience. Robot++ is known for building industrial robots for high-risk work, the jobs that are dangerous for people to do. Now they're bringing that experience into the backyard.

And it's already getting noticed. The M6 has picked up a Red Dot design award and a Gold Award at the French Design Awards. Curzon Hall was a beautiful venue for it too. There was a signing wall for the launch (yes, my name's on there), the M6 mowing outside, the X5 demo running, and the GOKO team on hand to talk through how both machines work and what they've got planned for Australia.

02The GOKO M6: Officially Launched in Australia

The first machine launched is the one I know best. The M6 is a four-wheel drive robot lawn mower with adaptive suspension, rated for slopes up to 42° (90%). Most robot mowers can't touch that. The front wheels actually steer, so it turns without dragging and tearing up the grass.

There's no boundary wire to bury. It maps the yard itself, and its four cameras, which GOKO calls QuadVision, recognise over 200 types of obstacles. It has two 250 W blade motors, and GOKO says it's the first robot mower with a replaceable cutting system, so you can swap between razor disc blades and rotary mulching blades. In the app you can set up to 250 zones. A single battery does about half an acre per charge, and the dual battery gets you about a full acre.

Australian pricing announced at the launch: from $3,999 for the single battery and $4,299 for the dual battery. Launch pricing can change, so check the GOKO site for the current price before you buy.

03What Weeks of Testing at Home Showed

I've put the M6 through its paces at my place on the Gold Coast, and it's not an easy lawn. There are two different grass types, including thick buffalo, a waterway at the bottom of the property and a steep bank of around 30°. What impressed me was how well it handled all of it. I tested the bank when the grass was wet, and it climbed without any problems. Down the bottom we had buffalo that hadn't been mowed for about two months. It was long, and the M6 just went straight through it.

Setup was simple too: no boundary wires, no complicated installation. You map the working area through the app and you're ready to go. Because of the waterway, I deliberately mapped the back boundary in from the edge. You don't want a mower anywhere near the water. I also tested obstacle avoidance with an owl statue on the lawn, and it worked around it beautifully. It's quiet as well, at under 60 dB, with a 420 mm cutting width and cutting height adjustable from 25 to 100 mm.

To be fair, my home review unit was pre-production. But after using it extensively, I'm still very impressed with what GOKO has built.

04The M6 Mowing at Curzon Hall

At the launch, GOKO had the M6 out on the grass doing a full mowing demonstration for everyone to see. That's now the third different location I've watched it work: the expo, my own backyard and Curzon Hall. It did exactly what it does at home. It went backwards and forwards in neat passes, finished the area easily and left a beautiful lawn behind it.

The demonstrations ran alongside a walkthrough of the technology and GOKO's roadmap for the future, which was great to hear. I'm looking forward to working with GOKO over the next few years.

05On Stage: Sharing My Real-World Results

One of the highlights of the day was being invited on stage to share my real-world experience with the M6. I told the room what I'd tell you. The Gold Coast throws all sorts of weather at a lawn, and my yard has uneven ground, different grass types and a waterway out the back. Other robot mowers I've tested needed wires put in, which is complex and difficult. With the M6 you get the mower out, set up the app, do the boundary test and it starts working straight away.

The heavy buffalo, the 30° slope in wet conditions and the obstacle avoidance near the water all went fine. When you buy consumer electronics, you want them to work straight away, not spend a weekend setting them up, and the lawn looked great afterwards too.

06First Look: The GOKO X5 Commercial Mower

The M6 was impressive, but the machine I was most excited to see was the GOKO X5. It's a completely different machine: a three-in-one commercial remote control mower that does mowing, snow blowing and towing. It's built for farms, acreage, steep embankments and difficult terrain.

Watching it climb the demo hill was something. GOKO rates the X5 for slopes up to 45°, with a lateral stability rating of 55°. That's seriously steep terrain. The big advantage is that you're not sitting on it. You operate it remotely from up to 200 m away, and the remote has its own display, so you control speed, steering and cutting height without walking behind it.

07X5 Hybrid Power, Blades & Tracks

The power system is something I haven't seen before. It's a petrol-electric hybrid. A Loncin LC192F 522cc petrol engine powers the cutting system, while two 1,500 W electric motors drive the tracks. The petrol engine also charges the drive battery while you're working.

It cut through long grass at the demo with two heavy-duty swing-away mulching blades made from 5 mm hardened steel, a 585 mm cutting width and cutting height adjustable from 30 to 120 mm. It runs on 150 mm wide steel-reinforced rubber tracks, and GOKO says it can climb obstacles up to 150 mm.

It's all in a metal machine weighing 390 kg, much bigger and heavier than a typical mower. GOKO quotes around 3 hours of operation from the 5.5 L fuel tank.

08Towing & Snow Blower Attachments

What makes the X5 really interesting is the three-in-one design. The optional towing attachment lets you move equipment around a property. There's also a snow blower, which GOKO says clears a 1 m wide path and throws snow up to 15 m.

Snow on the Gold Coast? Not my problem. But for operators in colder regions it's a genuinely useful option, and for acreage, farms and steep blocks the X5 is a serious bit of kit. GOKO didn't give X5 pricing or a ship date at the event, so I'll update you when I know more.

09GOKO M6 vs X5: Which One Is for You?

These two aren't really competitors. The M6 is a set-and-forget robot for your backyard. It maps the lawn, mows on a schedule and docks itself. The X5 is a commercial machine you drive from up to 200 m away, for big, steep or rough ground where you'd rather not be on a ride-on.

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▶Watch My GOKO M6 Home Review

Want to see the full backyard test? Here's my GOKO M6 home review: the wet 30° bank, the thick buffalo, the waterway boundary and the owl statue. And if you want to see where it all started, here's my GOKO M6 expo review.

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