Check out the robot called Mower. Mower is part of the Robot 250 festival going on in Pittsburgh this summer and was inspired by the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick.
Mower was created by Osman Khan, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art. The robot has a mowing device in it’s mouth and navigational sensors in it’s head.
Watch the video here.
Belrobotics from Belgium is introducing Bigmow, it’s entrance into the robotic lawnmower category. See our previous post about Robomow here.
Traveling at 3.6 km per hour, the Bigmow works for up to two hours on a single charge and automatically recharges itself as needed. This electric mower uses an amount of electricity equivalent to that of a household refrigerator.
The robot also uses sonar to detect objects 40 cm or higher. When an object is detected it slows down and uses it touch sensitive bumper to maneuver around the object.
The robot also uses the standard practice of a boundary wire to determine the mowing area.
Belrobotics also offers Bigmow Petrol, Parcmow and Ballpicker. Ballpicker is used for retreiving golf balls from driving ranges. There goes the fun of trying to hit the guy in the cage on the tractor. Be sure to check out the funny video on their homepage here.
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