Comment on OpenMower: Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots!

newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sunbeam60@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve got four kids. I work 50-60 hour weeks. I travel for work. I’ve got a lawn. Yes I’ve got a fucking robot mower. One of the best buys I ever did. Anything that buys me 1.5hrs a week is worth its weight in gold.

  Maybe you’re just not the target market for robot mowers.

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  • newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh no my lifestyle gets in the way of my ecologically disastrous hobby so I made the hobby even worse by automating it.

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    • sunbeam60@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You must be great fun a parties.

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was just thinking, do these have some technology that they use to avoid running over animals? Based on your comment, it sounds like they don’t.

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  • newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    AFAIK they don’t. Hedgehogs are crepuscular and nocturnal and are therefore particularly at risk as they are not flight animals. Instead, they curl up and rely on the protection of their spines. This often results in serious cuts or severed limbs, which often lead to death. Another problem is that many robotic mower models do not recognise small animals without touching them first. Contrary to the claims of many manufacturers, scientific studies by the Leibnitz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research show that the robotic lawnmowers only stopped and turned off after coming into direct contact with the hedgehogs.

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    • swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh no. :( Well, I will avoid robot mowers for sure, then.

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      • newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thank you!

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