Autonomous Mowing - Autonomous 36, 48, or bigger machine - would this have a need / interest for folks, or no?

[quicksandfarmer]

If you look at both the BX and the Husqvarna, the mower deck is offered as an accessory to the vehicle, which is sold separately. Might be something to consider.

 

[candersen10]

Is the burro gas powered? It sounds like a small gas engine, but it looks like its battery powered.

All electric

They run on Lithium Fero Phosphate batteries with a 5 year warranty and rated to 90% capacity at around 4000 cycles.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

All electric

They run on Lithium Fero Phosphate batteries with a 5 year warranty and rated to 90% capacity at around 4000 cycles.

What makes it so loud in the video?

 

[candersen10]

What makes it so loud in the video?

In the video, it is running in a depot yard with a ton of generators running on other machinery.

 

[candersen10]

Rough idea of size / scale

 

[candersen10]

How this thing is evolving:

In this case, looking more and more like:
1. Costs $10-12 an acre to run (Burro Grazer likely to list for around $40K + 3800/year for autonomy/rtk/cell/warranty + whatever electricity costs - at .15/ kwhr would cost about $110 bucks to mow 100 acres 8 passes in a year) - more running lowers that cost
2. Can do extreme slopes, and big areas
3. Autonomous for areas and rows, including ones where canopies cover GPS signal entirely
4. Autonomous Docking to charge
5. other modes possible (like see a person, send you a text - patrol overnight, towing, running a sprayer, etc.)
6. 12 HP on drive wheels, 7.2 HP on mower motors, 48 inches wide, so can fit in pretty tight places


Really designed for production ag (grapes, apples, berries, tree nurseries) where there is access to power for docking, and the hour meters on mowing macheins peopel are running goes up by like 1K / year. I.e. if you love sitting on a mower in the heat, this thing is not for you. If you have a big crew, and want to cut costs, this would be for you...

Is anyone on this site thinking about / excited about autonomy like this? Or more excited about driving tractors?

 

[ning]

Does the mower option have any auditory processing or perhaps other sort of mower RPM detection so it can tell when there's higher load and the travel speed should reduce?
Audio processing could also be helpful to detect the blades hitting something hard before something gets destroyed.

 

[LittleBill21]

Does the mower option have any auditory processing or perhaps other sort of mower RPM detection so it can tell when there's higher load and the travel speed should reduce?
Audio processing could also be helpful to detect the blades hitting something hard before something gets destroyed.

much easier to detect amperage changes in the blade motor's

 

[candersen10]

Here's how it is looking now.

YES Re AMPS!

 

[candersen10]