@LoudMouthTim He made it that way to prevent it from going over the same path over and over again. This isn't an remote controlled lawnmower, it does the job on its own.
I cut about half of my yard with robot mowers. The front and back yards are surrounded by an electronic fence, so I can use the robots there. The sections between the sidewalk and the street, and a section of the back yard that is outside of the fence, I cut with a push mower. Also, the robots leave a few inch strip at the perimeter, which I cut with a push mower.
Thanks. This is roughly a week's growth (in July, a slow month). I waited as long as I could stand to before filming this. (I love watching the mower run, so I cut often).
Anyway, the mower doesn't do as well in long grass. It can neither slow down the wheels, nor speed up the blade, so the blade cuts what it can and slides over the rest, which gets cut the next time the mower visits that spot. (The mower's too stupid to seek out uncut grass anyway, so this strategy works pretty well.)
and then some kinda grass height detection and say if the grass is that high then the blades speed up? but then you need some variable servo's (bad spelling probably)
I dunno i deal with the programming side of things :D all chips and all that
im no good with actual physical things
waaaay to scary =P
but we did make something like this that goes over objects by using hydrolics to raise it over the objects
I think I'll not try to make this machine smart. I enjoy too much the idea of a mindless automaton, visibly unaware that it's accomplishing anything useful. I wouldn't say there's art here, but the combination of innocence and razor blades does have some power to communicate. I would dull neither of them.
A grass sensor, and the smarts to benefit from it, would improve efficiency, but would also destroy some of the beauty. (Inner beauty, of course. Outwardly, the thing is a nightmare.)
Oh, when I said "slides over the rest", I meant that the *blade* slides over the grass it can't cut. This thing has traction. (As you've anticipated, it did require rubber on the wheels.)
Anyway, I'm am making another one, and it *could* be more presentable than this one. But I'm lazier than that. (No one lazy enough to spend the time I've spent to avoid cutting grass, can be relied on to tidy things up.)
Besides, this thing collects dog crap in its treads. Shrink wrap won't fix that.
It turns out that most the the resistance to motion comes not from long grass, but from slopes and bumps, because the battery is *very* heavy. Even small bumps in the ground, and slopes of more than around 10 degrees slow the mower considerably.
I could get a smaller battery, but this one was relatively inexpensive, and it serves double duty as an extra backup for my battery backed sump pump.
I mean a slowing of the mower. On a slope, the wheels slow down. I'm using the fixed/ratio gearbox that came with the Barbie Jeep because it functions well enough to get the grass cut.
In my view, a heavier battery would not be better, because my objective is not to have more of either power or control. I simply want the grass to be cut. Your logic astounds (and amuses, thanks) me too.
you could just replace the drive motors with something with a bit more juice
and slowing the wheels down will increase torque which should prevent it to slow further on an upward slope
but it will run slower in general so probably not worth it
But i would replace the motors but get a gear reduction thingy so it will go at the same speed as it it currently but won't slow at all until the incline is past a certain point *forgets the equations to work out force on a slope from 3 years ago*
It would be much easier, and equally effective, to just use a lighter battery.
The best solution, I think, is a small battery and a solar panel, and I plan to try that on my new (and much smaller) mower. I think the mower will run for about 45 minutes before the (12 Amp hour) battery should be recharged, and available solar panels, that would fit on top of the mower, would recharge the battery in about a day. So the mower could run around 5 hours a week, which is just about right for my lawn.
CROP CIRCLE MAKER!!!!!! and i want one
ericdravin21 9 months ago
That is so retarded. Why are you swerving all over the yard instead of cutting in nice straight lines and doing the job efficiently? IDIOT!!!!!
LoudMouthTim 10 months ago
@LoudMouthTim He made it that way to prevent it from going over the same path over and over again. This isn't an remote controlled lawnmower, it does the job on its own.
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chocolatediet11 10 months ago
dude have u ever though bout selling those u should talk to a big company about this
daironification 10 months ago
The background music was unfitting. If you ever re-do this vid, try Yakety Sax/Benny Hill theme for background music :D
whoisthisguy724 11 months ago
Push the 1911 button and the music will fit. :)
BMNicolas 11 months ago
It cuts the lawn like a woman would.........all over the place and making a right mess !
catbreath007 11 months ago
Do you use this for most of your grass cutting or is it just something you made on your free time and keep to "look at"?
MySNsucks923 2 years ago
I cut about half of my yard with robot mowers. The front and back yards are surrounded by an electronic fence, so I can use the robots there. The sections between the sidewalk and the street, and a section of the back yard that is outside of the fence, I cut with a push mower. Also, the robots leave a few inch strip at the perimeter, which I cut with a push mower.
colorclocks 2 years ago
hah awesome!
but how effective is it?
you should let your grass grow then let it loose :D
tinymouse2 3 years ago
Thanks. This is roughly a week's growth (in July, a slow month). I waited as long as I could stand to before filming this. (I love watching the mower run, so I cut often).
Anyway, the mower doesn't do as well in long grass. It can neither slow down the wheels, nor speed up the blade, so the blade cuts what it can and slides over the rest, which gets cut the next time the mower visits that spot. (The mower's too stupid to seek out uncut grass anyway, so this strategy works pretty well.)
colorclocks 3 years ago
hmm
pressure pads? inplace of the bumpers?
and then some kinda grass height detection and say if the grass is that high then the blades speed up? but then you need some variable servo's (bad spelling probably)
I dunno i deal with the programming side of things :D all chips and all that
im no good with actual physical things
waaaay to scary =P
but we did make something like this that goes over objects by using hydrolics to raise it over the objects
tinymouse2 3 years ago
I think I'll not try to make this machine smart. I enjoy too much the idea of a mindless automaton, visibly unaware that it's accomplishing anything useful. I wouldn't say there's art here, but the combination of innocence and razor blades does have some power to communicate. I would dull neither of them.
A grass sensor, and the smarts to benefit from it, would improve efficiency, but would also destroy some of the beauty. (Inner beauty, of course. Outwardly, the thing is a nightmare.)
colorclocks 3 years ago
Hmm
ok its making it way to complicated =D
but you could make another one? but with rubber on the wheels so it grips in tall grass instead of sliding
That is if you have spare time and you could always shrink wrap all the wires together to make it look more presentable?
tinymouse2 3 years ago
Oh, when I said "slides over the rest", I meant that the *blade* slides over the grass it can't cut. This thing has traction. (As you've anticipated, it did require rubber on the wheels.)
Anyway, I'm am making another one, and it *could* be more presentable than this one. But I'm lazier than that. (No one lazy enough to spend the time I've spent to avoid cutting grass, can be relied on to tidy things up.)
Besides, this thing collects dog crap in its treads. Shrink wrap won't fix that.
colorclocks 3 years ago
Yeh i understood that but when your dealing with long grass you often get the wheels slipping because it can't push its way through
so your giving it a lot more torque
i always think of what could happen and try and solve it before it actually happends =D
tinymouse2 3 years ago
It turns out that most the the resistance to motion comes not from long grass, but from slopes and bumps, because the battery is *very* heavy. Even small bumps in the ground, and slopes of more than around 10 degrees slow the mower considerably.
I could get a smaller battery, but this one was relatively inexpensive, and it serves double duty as an extra backup for my battery backed sump pump.
colorclocks 3 years ago
Hmm
Do you mean slowing of the blades? or the actual mower / barbiecar
And do the wheels slide? or do they stick just not go round?
a VERY VERY VERY simple gear reduction if there not spinning to increase torque
and rubber wheels like i said earlier if there slipping
and NOOOO the more batteries the better =D because batteries = power
and power = controll
and having controll over something with blades is a good thing
My logic astounds me to
tinymouse2 3 years ago
I mean a slowing of the mower. On a slope, the wheels slow down. I'm using the fixed/ratio gearbox that came with the Barbie Jeep because it functions well enough to get the grass cut.
In my view, a heavier battery would not be better, because my objective is not to have more of either power or control. I simply want the grass to be cut. Your logic astounds (and amuses, thanks) me too.
colorclocks 3 years ago
Ah
you could just replace the drive motors with something with a bit more juice
and slowing the wheels down will increase torque which should prevent it to slow further on an upward slope
but it will run slower in general so probably not worth it
But i would replace the motors but get a gear reduction thingy so it will go at the same speed as it it currently but won't slow at all until the incline is past a certain point *forgets the equations to work out force on a slope from 3 years ago*
tinymouse2 3 years ago
It would be much easier, and equally effective, to just use a lighter battery.
The best solution, I think, is a small battery and a solar panel, and I plan to try that on my new (and much smaller) mower. I think the mower will run for about 45 minutes before the (12 Amp hour) battery should be recharged, and available solar panels, that would fit on top of the mower, would recharge the battery in about a day. So the mower could run around 5 hours a week, which is just about right for my lawn.
colorclocks 3 years ago
Depends how powerful the new and lighter battery is
but a solar panel would sort out the problem of the battery draining
are you gonna be posting vids of the new mower soon? :D
tinymouse2 3 years ago