Where is my hybrid electric robotic lawnmower?

Where is my flying car? Where is my hybrid electric robotic lawnmower? Why can’t I have these things now? Obviously we have the technology. Yes, it is true, and the technology is improving, and soon it will all be here. In fact, your robotic lawnmower will be on the store’s inventory list very soon. Now, let’s talk about this for a second, shall we?

Gizmag had a great article online the other day titled; “John Deere TANGO E5 Autonomous Lawn Mower” by Steve Polak posted June 14, 2012. The article read; “The unit is powered by a 36 volt 2600 mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery and will cut an area up to 1800 square meters. This space is to be defined by a specialist user / dealer with a boundary wire installed which helps to maintain the mower to cross the street and visit your neighbor’s petunia bed. “

Now I’m sorry, but that’s totally cool. As I recall, they’ve been talking about this for over 25 years, and there have been numerous pieces in Popular Mechanics and MIT’s Technology Review on the future of the robotic lawnmower. In fact, in 1999 I read a thesis by a computer scientist working with artificial intelligence who had created a program to do just that. Well it’s finally here, and John Deere is now making these devices, and you can really buy one.

Does this mean that your landscaper will soon stop operating? Well, give it another decade and the answer will be correct. Personally, I like the idea of ​​having a quieter electric lawn mower that doesn’t make any noise and that I can turn on during my own hours, rather than being woken up in the morning because my neighbors decided not to hire a gardener that I thought. it was a good idea to start at six or eight in the morning.

There is also a great cost-benefit ratio. Consider whether you want the cost of cutting, edging, and blowing; that is, mowing the lawn, edging it, and then blowing off all excess from the sidewalk, patio, and walkways. Wouldn’t it be great if all of that could be done with a robotic machine? I sure would. As you can see, I want one, and while the price is a bit steep, it would be great if I got one of these things and allowed my neighbors to use it, or if we could share it, so we can all sleep. Better without all the noise and save $ 100 a month each on mowing and landscaping.

I also envision a time when there will be robotic tree trimmers, who will cut your bushes with a round or square hedge, or even like Edward Scissor-hand with really cool designs like Mickey Mouse hedges, for example. In fact, the future will be great and we will all save a lot of money on gardening. In fact, I hope you will consider all of this, unless you are a landscaper and concerned about your future in the industry.