This video shows the installation plan for an extremely complicated yard to be mowed by a robot. The homeowner first considered another brand, but was told that two robots must be used, due to the very long wire length (the total wire length is 4500ft). The customer insisted on having only one robot to mow around 1.4 acres. Ambrogio robot is the only robot mower in the world that is capable of meeting this challenge!
The property is very much like a maze, with paver-edged beds throughout. It has a 1/4 acre garden area with multiple raised beds.
The homeowner chose an Ambrogio robot mower model capable of mowing more than the amount of grass to be cut, L350i. This is important because there are many obstacles and narrow areas. Extra capacity is required. The chosen robot may also be upgraded with 15Ah additional battery capacity (double its standard battery capacity). This will be done if the robot cannot keep up with maintaining a consistent grass height everywhere.
To mitigate the risk of the robot not reaching very narrow/thin strips of grass that are less than 5 feet in many places, the homeowner compromised and allowed the installation of "Corridors". Ambrogio robot utilizes a software feature in which if it detects wire placed exactly 12 in/30cm apart from itself and 7 ft/2mt long, it will drive on the wire a programmable distance while mowing. During the border cut mode, the grass will be trimmed as well. The 14in/35cm blade of the 350i will ensure that a 26" wide strip of grass will be kept mowed. The remaining will need to be eliminated or trimmed manually.
Had the wire been placed in the narrow strips at the standard minimum wire-to-wire distance for mowing (2'4"/70cm), likely the robot would have missed those spots and the grass would not be cut consistently.
It took six hours to understand the property and to plan the installation. It took 1.5 days to lay the wire and two days to make minor wire layout changes, to program the settings and to fully test the installation. Watch Part 2 to see the robot mowing and to understand the wire layout at ground level.
13 ноя 2020
