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MegavirusOfDoom t1_jbs8pvx wrote

Reply to comment by rainbow3 in [D] Development challenges of an autonomous gardening robot using object detection and mapping. by [deleted]

Woah sounds cool! if there's rabbit holes in the lawn, then it's a field! This robot has 14-inch wheels for toys and fruit, object detection, and some pincers to take toys and new plastic objects away from it's work zone.

It doesn't have a border wire, it's using ultrasound pings, the same technology that drones use to fly in groups. It's also rather tall with multiple cameras at the top.

The car washing option is just a rinse for salt and hubs, a bit like an intense rain storm that hits sideways. So, worth implementing if it can?

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rainbow3 t1_jbsvc41 wrote

It is a bit like the daleks. Created by a mastermind but he forgot about stairs. Tall with cameras will get stuck under low hanging fruit trees. Ultrasound fine for walls but flower beds less so.

There is a lot of unknowns even for one application.

Another example..I had one with a rain sensor so it avoided cutting wet grass. Sounds good but if there are weeks of rain then the grass does not get cut until gets too long for the mower to cut.

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