How to use Grok Bot to control a robot lawn mower remotely
Sawyer Merritt set up Grok Bot in about two minutes to control his robot lawn mower 50 miles away. He told it to start mowing, it began three seconds later, and then he had it dock.
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Connect to my [mower brand] robot lawn mower. When I message you, start mowing, pause or send it back to dock, and tell me its status and battery level after each command.
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- Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)
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- Reported result
- Sawyer reports the mower started three seconds after his command and docked when asked, from 50 miles away.
- Human involvement
- Sawyer gave each command himself. The bot did not act on a schedule in this test.
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How the agent did it
- He set up Grok Bot to control his robot lawn mower in about two minutes.
- From 50 miles away he told the bot to start mowing.
- The mower started three seconds later.
@SawyerMerritt wrote that he had just set up Grok Bot to remotely control his autonomous robot lawn mower, which was 50 miles away at the time. He says the setup took two minutes.
He told the bot to start mowing, and the mower started three seconds later. He then had the bot send the mower back to its dock.
He says he plans to set up his robot vacuum next, with one Grok Bot dedicated to controlling and managing all of his autonomous robots.
The post is brief and comes with a video. It does not name the mower brand or say how the bot connects to it, for example through an app, an API or a browser. It covers a first test of start and dock commands rather than scheduled mowing.
The appeal is a single chat that can command home devices from anywhere, so he does not have to open each manufacturer's app. The idea of a bot that manages all his robots was still a plan when he posted.
Who it's for: Owners of robot mowers, vacuums and other smart home devices who want to control them from one chat.
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Source: X · Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)
Frequently asked questions
How long did setup take?
Sawyer says about two minutes.
What could the bot do with the mower?
Start mowing, which happened three seconds after his command, and send it back to dock.
More details
Remaining steps
- He then told the bot to dock the mower.
About this account
Grok Bot carried out start and dock commands on the mower when asked.
Platform: X. Attribution: https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2090179852171174211. Read the original post text, author and publication date through the X API on 2026-10-19. Found via the grokbot.dev use-cases page; every fact here comes from the original post, not grokbot.dev's summary. Prompt: Suggested (written by Agents In Use, not the author's).
Credit: Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) — X
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Tools and topics
Grok Bot
Robot mower · Smart home · Remote control
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