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It looks like they started with a Roomba and went from there, which leaves them with a robot that can't deal with raised beds or (as you said) weeds integrated
by prawn 9y ago
It looks like they started with a Roomba and went from there, which leaves them with a robot that can't deal with raised beds or (as you said) weeds integrated with plants. I have raised beds and then raised side gardens which would render this device useless to me. Same with the other hobby gardeners I know.
I always imagined something with long spindly legs that would cut, inject or spray things that it identified as weeds by leaves. For me, the weeds that are the most trouble are those close to or mixed in with plants. Anything on its own isn't that hard to pull out.
- cctan 9y agoOne workaround is that I hope that it can climb up and down slopes that lead to the raised beds. Does it detect cliffs or edges and avoid falling down?
- pxndx 9y agoRoombas do, it would be weird if this new iteration didn't
- c3833174 9y agoRoombas have to deal with stairs while this thing will probably get it's underside covered in mud (especially since it has that unshielded trimmer) and is supposed to run only inside a fenced area, so I doubt it has any provisions for that.
- prawn 9y agoMy raised beds are between 200-800mm (2-3' for the highest ones) - I'd need quite the slopes for most of them!
- otempomores 9y agoThose weeds that wind around the stem of the hostplant and strangle it climbing..