Robot Mower Grazes Lawn Like A Sheep
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"It's probably the most fantastic lawn mower ever built. Everyone in the world will want one," says French journalist Raoul Colin who was the first to tell FARM SHOW about this just-introduced new solar-powered robot mower that works unattended, grazing away at your lawn like a sheep.
Manufactured in Belgium, the "Solar Turtle" works its way slowly around a lawn, bouncing back from obstacles and moving on to other uncut grass. You put it out on the lawn in the spring and take it off in the fall. It's totally automatic, keeping your lawn at a pre-set height without refueling and re-quires virtually no-maintenance, according to A. Colens, sales representative.
The mower weighs just over 10lbs. thanks to the way the bank of solar cells on top direct-drives the mower blades. No need for a battery since the mower only works when the sun is shining.
Electronic sensors shut the mower down if grass is too wet for mowing. Sensors also sense approaching obstacles such as buildings, trees, fences, shrubs, etc., turning the mower away and sending it back over the lawn looking for uncut grass (On yards without a natural boundary to turn the mower, you run a simple underground wire that sends a signal to the mower as it approaches. The underground wire is charged by a solar unit.). It can also sense the height of grass so once all grass has been cut to the preset height, it'll shut down.
The mower is fitted with extra-sharp tungsten blades that turn so slowly they pose no threat of injury to people but turn just fast enough to cut grass. The mower moves ahead at a maximum speed of 1 1/2 ft. per second and can work slopes as steep as 30?.
"It's reliable and simple. You just put it out in the yard and let it go to work," says Colens.
No price was yet available at press time on the mower, which is already on the market on a limited basis.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Solar & Robotics S.A., Avenue Louis Lepoutre, 39, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium (ph/fax 02 245-9990 or 32 2 343 1643).
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Robot Mower Grazes Lawn like a Sheep FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 17-1-21 "It's probably the most fantastic lawn mower ever built. Everyone in the world will want one," says French journalist Raoul Colin who was the first to tell FARM SHOW about this just-introduced new solar-powered robot mower that works unattended, grazing away at your lawn like a sheep.
Manufactured in Belgium, the "Solar Turtle" works its way slowly around a lawn, bouncing back from obstacles and moving on to other uncut grass. You put it out on the lawn in the spring and take it off in the fall. It's totally automatic, keeping your lawn at a pre-set height without refueling and re-quires virtually no-maintenance, according to A. Colens, sales representative.
The mower weighs just over 10lbs. thanks to the way the bank of solar cells on top direct-drives the mower blades. No need for a battery since the mower only works when the sun is shining.
Electronic sensors shut the mower down if grass is too wet for mowing. Sensors also sense approaching obstacles such as buildings, trees, fences, shrubs, etc., turning the mower away and sending it back over the lawn looking for uncut grass (On yards without a natural boundary to turn the mower, you run a simple underground wire that sends a signal to the mower as it approaches. The underground wire is charged by a solar unit.). It can also sense the height of grass so once all grass has been cut to the preset height, it'll shut down.
The mower is fitted with extra-sharp tungsten blades that turn so slowly they pose no threat of injury to people but turn just fast enough to cut grass. The mower moves ahead at a maximum speed of 1 1/2 ft. per second and can work slopes as steep as 30?.
"It's reliable and simple. You just put it out in the yard and let it go to work," says Colens.
No price was yet available at press time on the mower, which is already on the market on a limited basis.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Solar & Robotics S.A., Avenue Louis Lepoutre, 39, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium (ph/fax 02 245-9990 or 32 2 343 1643).
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