ROBOTIC LAWNMOWER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Edges

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Unfortunately, there are a few drawbacks of robot lawn mowers due to the current technology used to detect the edge of the lawn.

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Whilst robot lawn mowers will cut right up to the edge of your lawn where it meets paved areas, they will not usually able to do this next to flower beds or ponds. The robot lawn mower will leave a narrow strip of uncut grass (anything up to 12cm. depending on the type of obstacle). You will then have to manually trim the edges with an edge trimmer.

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 This doesn’t have to be done very often and would usually need to be done once every 4-5 weeks or however often you feel is necessary.

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This is a significant aspect of the current generation of robot lawn mowers and one you should be aware of before making a purchase. It should be noted that certain models are better at doing edges than others, but we can advise this at the time of purchase.

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If you have ever watched a robot lawn mower, you will notice that they usually work in a random pattern. The controller chip on a robot lawn mower uses an algorithm to determine what way to turn and react to obstacles. This ensures that the probability of the robot lawn mower covering each area of grass at least once, reaches 100% within a reasonable amount of time. You will also notice that this leads to some areas of grass being covered many times, before other areas are even cut once.

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No doubt, the capabilities of robot lawn mowers will increase over time as costs fall and technology is able to be implemented in a competitive consumer product.

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