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I deployed a fully autonomous automower a few years ago which navigates by sight, sound and terrain-following sensors. It is guided by visual cues which tell it
by hagbard_c 2y ago
I deployed a fully autonomous automower a few years ago which navigates by sight, sound and terrain-following sensors. It is guided by visual cues which tell it within which area it is supposed to keep the vegetation short. It does not need to be guided any further since it senses where the vegetation is in need of clipping. One of the best things about this system is that it does not require charging since it actually runs on the clippings it harvests. The remarkable thing about this solution is that it is not new, the current incarnation is 33 years old.
It has self-reproduced twice.
It is a small to medium sized Welsh mountain pony, keeper of grounds here at our farm.
- 20after4 2y agoPro: also fertilizes the lawn. Con: you have to avoid stepping in the fertilizer.
- hagbard_c 2y agoThis model has the design quirk that it concentrates its waste in a specific spot which negates the problem of stepping in fertiliser but which does mean it is up to us to spread it. We tried other models which did not show this behaviour but which ended up being too heavy for our type of landscape - a hilly, silt/clay mixture which does not provide enough support for heavier models when wet - so we'll use this one until it expires.