Robot Lawn Mowers

Robot Lawn Mowers

Robot Lawn Mowers - Robot lawn mowers have been around for over a decade, and Robot vacuum cleaners are slowly taking off. What's new this month, however, is a mower that not only trims the lawn all by itself, but does so using solar power.

Sweden's Husqvarna just introduced the world's first solar/electric hybrid robot lawnmower, which has no exhaust emissions and uses approximately the same amount of energy as a standard light bulb.

Cleverly targeting time-starved consumers as well as tree-huggers, Husqvarna claims: "It's been calculated that using Automower Solar Hybrid to cut the lawn in an average garden can save 40 hours of labour every year-the equivalent of an extra week's holiday." Owners just lay out a boundary cable that tells the robot where to stop cutting, saving the delphiniums from an untimely death. Cuttings don't need raking, either: the grass is cut so finely that it can be left where it falls and acts as a fertiliser.