I love avoiding household jobs, and I love robots. So I’m all about the Automower 305, Husqvarna’s cheapest robotic lawnmower yet. But by cheap, I mean $2000. That’s a chunk of change, though certainly more realistic than $3000+ for their other models. The 305 is designed for gardens 500m² or less, and uses a rechargeable battery that provides a 50 minute mow time on 2.5 hours of charge. More »
Growing up, I hated mowing the lawn. My backyard was huge, my allergies were bad and I was stuck with a temperamental push mower. If I had this battery-powered Husqvarna mower, however, I would have begged to do yard work. More »
That neighbour of yours thinks he is so badass with his top-of-the-line riding mower. With the Husqvarna’s new autonomous lawn mower, you can sip a beer on your porch and tell your neighbour to suck it while he toils away on his yard. And the best part is that the mower is a solar/electric hybrid — so it will mow your lawn whisper quiet with nearly zero emissions. More »
Lawn mowing, the bane of teenage boys’ existence everywhere, just got a whole lot easier. Husqvarna’s Auto Mower is the robot lawnmower we all dreamed about while pushing that POS John Deere around as kids, and now it’s here. Although, with the price hitting the thousands of dollars mark, it’s probably cheaper to just buy a crappy push mower and hire some local kids to do it for you. The cycle of punishment continues. [Product Page via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
Why take up all that room in your garage for a lawnmower, leaf collector and snow blower when you can have this three-in-one device that handles all three tasks and only requires a third of the space? Oh, wait. You can’t have this device because it’s just a concept, but its modular design by Gustav Lamberg looks like a good idea, taking care of all of your internal combustion duties with just one noisemaking smoke-belching contraption instead of three.
There’s not much explanation offered with these 3D renderings, but it appears that you attach a different front assembly for each of the three tasks. However, for a lot of the snowfall we see out here in the frozen tundra, that snow blower is not going to be quite tall enough. As a leaf collector, the device is going to need some sort of receptacle, too.
If he takes care of those small details, all Gustav has to do is add solar power, an electric motor with a long-lasting battery and robotic capabilities, and he’ll be on to something here.
Lawn Fun From 3-In-One [Yanko Design, via Crib Candy] More »
