I have personally never met someone with a personal robotic lawnmower, and I suspect that if you have you live in a bubble that is severely biasing your view of the average American.
Apparently prices on them have gone way up. The one he has now would cost something like $6K today.
> You'd have a hard time convincing most American families to purchase anything with a >$1000 price tag...
Which I am skeptical of.