Question 1

Robotic mowers? So... It's like a Roomba for your lawn?

Accepted Answer

Exactly! We trust a Roomba to roam our homes and vacuum them daily. This is just using the same kind of technology to cut grass everyday.

Question 2

That can't be safe, can it?

Accepted Answer

Get this! It's actually safer than traditional mowing!

There are over 2 million robotic mowers used in Europe right now, and ZERO legal cases for injury.

Gas-powered mowers cause 800,000 cases of injury per year in the United States alone. Half of those cases involve kids, and half involve amputations.

Question 3

How does robotic lawn mowing work?

Accepted Answer

The first robotic mowers would run a lot like an invisible dog fence system—the robot senses the current in the wire and stays within those boundaries. With newer models, instead

of sensing the current in a wire, the robot is

now noting how close it is to a series of GPS

coordinates that our technicians have set for

it. On board cameras continuously build a mental

map of what the environment looks like. When GPS is lost, the robot knows where it is based on a comparison of the current scenery to its photographic memory. This also allows the robot to incorporate AI to recognize objects it should avoid and course correct over bumps in the terrain to

provide perfectly straight cuts.

Question 4

What if it gets stolen?

Accepted Answer

Our mowers come with anti-theft features like PIN code activation, optional alarms, GPS tracking, and push notifications to tell us something might be wrong. Most thieves won't mess with our robots. In fact, a well-maintained lawn is a great way to let them know that your vacation property is constantly monitored.

Question 5

That's great, but it can't handle my lawn... can it?

Accepted Answer

Nearly any lawn can be fitted with a robotic mower. We have mowers that can handle up to a 45º slope. We also have clients with multiple robots to service properties with fences, major obstacles, or extra-large acreage. As long as you have electricity, we'll find a way. Even if you don't have electricity, we can source a solar solution that's right for you!

Question 6

That must be expensive! How can i afford that?

Accepted Answer

Actually, it's not! This might seem counter-intuitive, but there are countless cases where innovation drives down cost (think handmade vs. manufactured goods). Robotic mowers allow us to spend more time focusing on the details that require our skills, but less time on your property overall. This allows us to provide you with the best service at an unbeatable price.

Question 7

Why do you want robots to take our jobs?!

Accepted Answer

Robots do not take our jobs; they make them better, and history has proven it.

In December 1913, Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for automotive manufacturing. This reduced the time it took to build one car from over 12 hours to about 1.5 hours. At the time, Ford employed 14,000 factory workers. The following year, Ford more than doubled wages for its employees. By the 1920s, Ford had risen to 50,000 employees. 100 years later, the employ nearly 200,000 people.

Like Henry Ford, we don't innovate to take away jobs. We innovate to improve jobs and wages for our employees. We believe that if we take care of our employees, they will take pride in providing the best care for our clients. We also believe that making lawn care service more affordable is the path to growing the entire industry and creating more jobs!

Question 8

Isn't battery production worse for the environment than gas?

Accepted Answer

No. This has become a talking point when it comes to electric vehicles, but to be clear, the consensus is that the environmental impacts of electric and gasoline vehicles are comparable at 2-3 years, but not beyond.

On the electric side, the emissions occur in the mining for lithium ion batteries and the power source that charges the battery throughout its lifetime. Currently, it is not an easy process to recycle these batteries (which would dramatically reduce new mining emissions), but with the rise in battery demand, a recycling process is being researched feverishly. We fully believe this issue will be resolved by entrepreneurs and innovation.

That being said, there are some major differences in this debate when it comes to lawn mowers. First, the Li batteries required to run an electric vehicle are massive, whereas that of a robotic mower is about the size of a cell phone. This means the mower battery requires far less resources and emissions to produce. Also, robotic mowers require very little energy to charge, so it is not responsible for as much carbon at the power source. Finally, gasoline lawn mowers can be terribly inefficient.

A Swedish study shows that using a gasoline mower for one hour has the same carbon output as a 100-mile trip in an average sedan. According to the EPA, one gas lawn mower will emit 89 pounds of CO2 and 34 pounds of other pollutants every year, or 11 times as much pollution by the hour as a new car!

Question 9

I'm in! What does it cost to install?

Accepted Answer

With a one year service contract, installation is free. Can you tell we like to make everything easy for our clients? We just want to keep earning your business everyday! If that sounds good to you, contact us now for a free estimate!

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