09-08-2013, 09:04 AM
Back when Radio Electronics Magazine was still in publication they had a how to article on building a robot lawn mower. There was a couple ready made lawn mowers as well.
The way they worked was you used a remote to guide the robot around the perimeter of yard and then once the border is made it uses sensors to detect tall grass and automaticaly guides it self in a circle around the yard while you sit back and watch.
Some good sources are the robot store which is part of Jameco electronics and Make magizine is a good publication with all sorts of do it your self projects including electronics.
The way they worked was you used a remote to guide the robot around the perimeter of yard and then once the border is made it uses sensors to detect tall grass and automaticaly guides it self in a circle around the yard while you sit back and watch.
Some good sources are the robot store which is part of Jameco electronics and Make magizine is a good publication with all sorts of do it your self projects including electronics.