The invention discloses an
orchard mower capable of automatically completing the mowing operation. The
orchard mower comprises a frame, a main cutter head, a driving control device, a Beidou positioning antenna, a Beidou inertial navigation integrated navigation module and an automatic operation control device and is characterized in that two amplitude-variable cutter heads are arranged at the front end of the frame, a
laser scanner and a
video monitoring device are arranged at the front end of the frame, and a barrier ahead is detected and identified through the
laser scanner. The invention further discloses a mowing method. The mowing method comprises the following steps of a) carrying out path learning; b) carrying out path planning; and c) carrying out automatic mowing operation. According to the
orchard mower, the mowing width can be adaptively adjusted according to the line spacing, when positioning is not accurate, navigation is carried out by using the
laser scanner, and therefore the problem that the driving
path deviation is large due to the fact that Beidou positioning is simply adopted can be solved, the automatic mowing work of the mower is realized, manpower and
material resources are saved, the occurrence of accidents caused due to the fact that a cutterhead touches the ground can be effectively avoided, the beneficial effects are remarkable, and the mower is suitable for popularization.