Re: Robomow

["graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Bovingdon" <bov@t...> wrote:
> 
> The one I looked at had a little "home" a docking station
that
> the perimeter wire was linked to. When the charge was almost
> gone, it would follow the wire and re-dock. Once charged it would
> start off again.
> 

Hey that's pretty cool, I guess you could make a little 'mower flap' 
in the shed door and get it to go in there to charge. Then, in the 
true spirit of home automation, the flap could be locked with a time 
delay so that the mower was safe whist charging :-)

> Also it had an alarm built in - to start it you entered a key code
(if my
> memory is right). If you picked it up without turning it off it 
would
> "scream"

Excellent! Could really do with a voice like on Robocop though to 
scare the little sh*ts when they picked it up.

> and not work until you re-entered the code. And without the
docking
> station it was a bit useless.
> 

True

Graham

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