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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:03:09 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 17:43:14 +0000 (UTC), Red Green
wrote:



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Great if you have a round yard.
Call the Washington DC US Park Service.
They can do this in the Ellipse

That's right. With an ellipse, one needs two posts.

Red Green wrote:
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It needs a larger diameter pivot post.

micky wrote in
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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:03:09 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 17:43:14 +0000 (UTC), Red Green
wrote:



http://screen.yahoo.com/lazy-way-cut...132958887.html

Great if you have a round yard.
Call the Washington DC US Park Service.
They can do this in the Ellipse

That's right. With an ellipse, one needs two posts.


....for the two focus points.

Ahhh, someone who remembers their geometry.

On Monday, September 2, 2013 10:43:14 AM UTC-7, Red Green wrote:
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My reply must have gotten lost. I was wondering whether one could adapt a one of those automated floor vacuums to cut grass. Zoomas? Goombas? Oombas? What were they called?

If a program could be written to teach the little guys to avoid furniture, walls, etc. why couldn't a more sophisticated program be written to teach a lawn mower to follow a certain trajectory.

Say you want it to go 10' one way, make a R turn, proceed the width of the mower's body, make another R, proceed length of body, and go back 10' and so on. Or any variation of the commands depending how your lawn is laid out.

When ordering the mower, I assume you'd have to furnish the figures on which the program would be based? And send it back in to have them changed.

Or is there a way to allow the user (if smart enough!) to fill in/change the figures him/herself through a higher-order command.

What do with the grass clippings? Some people just leave them there to decay and fertilize the earth. If not, buy a vaccuum attachment to the mower.

Should I apply for the patent right away g

HB

On 9/3/2013 4:12 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Monday, September 2, 2013 10:43:14 AM UTC-7, Red Green wrote:
http://screen.yahoo.com/lazy-way-cut...132958887.html

My reply must have gotten lost. I was wondering whether one could adapt a one of those automated floor vacuums to cut grass. Zoomas? Goombas? Oombas? What were they called?

If a program could be written to teach the little guys to avoid furniture, walls, etc. why couldn't a more sophisticated program be written to teach a lawn mower to follow a certain trajectory.

Say you want it to go 10' one way, make a R turn, proceed the width of the mower's body, make another R, proceed length of body, and go back 10' and so on. Or any variation of the commands depending how your lawn is laid out.

When ordering the mower, I assume you'd have to furnish the figures on which the program would be based? And send it back in to have them changed.

Or is there a way to allow the user (if smart enough!) to fill in/change the figures him/herself through a higher-order command.

What do with the grass clippings? Some people just leave them there to decay and fertilize the earth. If not, buy a vaccuum attachment to the mower.

Should I apply for the patent right away g

HB


the same company already has one of these.

On 9/3/2013 6:12 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Monday, September 2, 2013 10:43:14 AM UTC-7, Red Green wrote:
http://screen.yahoo.com/lazy-way-cut...132958887.html

My reply must have gotten lost. I was wondering whether one could
adapt a one of those automated floor vacuums to cut grass. Zoomas?
Goombas? Oombas? What were they called?

If a program could be written to teach the little guys to avoid
furniture, walls, etc. why couldn't a more sophisticated program be
written to teach a lawn mower to follow a certain trajectory.

Say you want it to go 10' one way, make a R turn, proceed the width
of the mower's body, make another R, proceed length of body, and go
back 10' and so on. Or any variation of the commands depending how
your lawn is laid out.

When ordering the mower, I assume you'd have to furnish the figures
on which the program would be based? And send it back in to have
them changed.

Or is there a way to allow the user (if smart enough!) to fill
in/change the figures him/herself through a higher-order command.

What do with the grass clippings? Some people just leave them there
to decay and fertilize the earth. If not, buy a vaccuum attachment
to the mower.

Should I apply for the patent right away g

HB


I do believe there is a robot lawnmower that uses a buried electrical
cable to mark the boundaries and magnetic sensor in the mower for it to
determine where to turn around when it's mowing. I think the technology
may have improved to the point where a robotic mower can learn and
remember the yard. ^_^

http://www.husqvarna.com/us/products...or-homeowners/

http://tinyurl.com/765j656

http://www.amazon.com/RoboMow-RL850-.../dp/B0001ZI54M

http://tinyurl.com/pmnfpdt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQ-7gnw5co

TDD

On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 4:12:35 PM UTC-7, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Monday, September 2, 2013 10:43:14 AM UTC-7, Red Green wrote:

http://screen.yahoo.com/lazy-way-cut...132958887.html



My reply must have gotten lost. I was wondering whether one could adapt a one of those automated floor vacuums to cut grass. Zoomas? Goombas? Oombas? What were they called?



If a program could be written to teach the little guys to avoid furniture, walls, etc. why couldn't a more sophisticated program be written to teach a lawn mower to follow a certain trajectory.



Say you want it to go 10' one way, make a R turn, proceed the width of the mower's body, make another R, proceed length of body, and go back 10' and so on. Or any variation of the commands depending how your lawn is laid out.



When ordering the mower, I assume you'd have to furnish the figures on which the program would be based? And send it back in to have them changed.



Or is there a way to allow the user (if smart enough!) to fill in/change the figures him/herself through a higher-order command.



What do with the grass clippings? Some people just leave them there to decay and fertilize the earth. If not, buy a vaccuum attachment to the mower.

On 09-03-2013 18:04, Red Green wrote:
micky wrote in
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:03:09 -0400, wrote:
Great if you have a round yard.
Call the Washington DC US Park Service.
They can do this in the Ellipse

That's right. With an ellipse, one needs two posts.

...for the two focus points.

Ahhh, someone who remembers their geometry.

A closed curve where every point's distances from two other points has a
constant sum is way different from a spiral caused by winding a line
around a single post as you circle it.

How are you going to wind up the rope as you go around?

--
Wes Groleau

Why does everyone call it a €œfanny pack" ?
When was the last time you saw one on a fanny?

On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:42:55 -0400, Wes Groleau
wrote:

On 09-03-2013 18:04, Red Green wrote:
micky wrote in
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:03:09 -0400, wrote:
Great if you have a round yard.
Call the Washington DC US Park Service.
They can do this in the Ellipse

That's right. With an ellipse, one needs two posts.

...for the two focus points.

Ahhh, someone who remembers their geometry.

A closed curve where every point's distances from two other points has a
constant sum is way different from a spiral caused by winding a line
around a single post as you circle it.

You're right.

How are you going to wind up the rope as you go around?

That's why I stopped after one sentence. I realized it's a lot more
complicated than a circle. You certainly can't shorten the rope by
the distance between the posts every half circuit. Maybe they should
buy a goat.

When I was a boy, someone a couple blocks away
had a mowbot. I remember vaguely, the sales man
put a cable around the outside edge of the lawn,
it had some kind of a signal that repelled the
mowbot. I thought it was clever.

..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 9/3/2013 8:11 PM, wrote:

I was wondering whether one could adapt a one
of those automated floor vacuums to cut grass.
Zoomas? Goombas? Oombas? What were they called?

If a program could be written to teach the little
guys to avoid furniture, walls, etc. why couldn't a
more sophisticated program be written to teach a
lawn mower to follow a certain trajectory.


HB

It is called "MowBot" and they have been around at least 30 years
although not that successfully.
I assume 21st century technology might make them a lot better.

Keep at it. Your next great idea may well be the
one that makes you rich.

Green city -- expensive. Anyone see a link?

..
Christopher A. Young
Learn about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

On 9/3/2013 8:45 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:

Well, thanks everybody -- I guess g That's about
the umpteenth device I've invented that has been around
since forever.

At those prices, I'll stick with Antonio's bi-weekly
Mow&Edge. Decades ago, we had a hand mower named
"Lancelot". Wonder whatever happened to him...

Actually, in my little "green" city, where water
is very expensive, we are encouraged, via subsidies,
to convert lawns into "xeroscapic" areas, defined as
water-conserving. From time to time I stroll around
the neighborhood photographing houses that have
converted their lawns. Gotta save up my pennies to
have my mangy lawns torn out and convert the area into
something appropriate.

HB