Husqvarna UK has completed its 2019 UK service training tour which focussed solely this year on the Automower - the company’s robotic product.

The recently concluded tour involved six venues and 12 training sessions. Sessions were split into days of basic or advanced training for their network of authorised service dealers, depending on knowledge level.

Paul Coates, UK & Ireland aftersales manager, said, "Take up for the training has been incredible with many sessions oversubscribed. In particular the advanced training, concentrating on our new AWD Automower, has been very well received. I have been heavily involved with Husqvarna Automower since 2005 and even I am impressed with how well this model performs on banks almost too steep to walk up.

“We will continue our dealer training throughout the year, both onsite in our purpose built training rooms at our Newton Aycliffe HQ and through our webinar training, which we introduced in 2018. This gives us the ability to run short training sessions direct to the dealer, even in the height of the season.”

The tour comes following the launch of the Automower 435X AWD, an AI-enabled, robotic mower with all-wheel drive and smart home connectivity. The new machine is designed to manage rough terrain and slopes with an incline of up to 70%, and works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, and provides an open API for smart home integration.