rainbow3

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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rainbow3 t1_jbs4qxw wrote

I have used several robot mowers. Even a single application has many unknowns and a lot of the solutions are mechanical rather than ai.

  • Rabbit holes are an issue. Some get stuck in them or worse spin their wheels. others reverse out.
  • They often cut their own border wire, typically when rabbits dig it up.
  • All robots can climb hills but some draw arcs when entering a hill at an angle.
  • There are lots of obstacles...wire that tangles the blades, toys, clothes, small children, fallen fruit...

There are robots already for mowing, weeding, gutter cleaning. However each task has very different mechanical requirements so combining weeding with pressure washing would require huge compromises.

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