Are Robotic Lawn Mowers Safe?

Article by: Kerry Clabaugh

You're standing in your front yard , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 13) Oxygen minding your own business when a robot with three razor sharp blades spinning at 5,800 rpm starts racing toward you. What do you do?

Is this some kind of nightmare? No, you're awake and this is really happening, so once again, what do you do?

The answer is nothing. It will just bounce off you and go another direction. Rather anti-climatic ending wasn't it? That is just the way the robotic lawn , Butterfly House in the Flower Garden mower companies want it to be.

The greatest concern most people have about robotic lawn , Wood Furniture for the Outdoors: Durable, Dependable, and Pleasing to the Eye mowers is safety. , The Bonsai Braided Money Plant Tree 'Bots with Blades' just can't be safe. , Tomatoes: Apples Of Love According to Ames Tiedeman, National Sales Manager for Systems Trading Corp., the US distributor for the Friendly Robotics Robomower, over 72,000 emergency room , Tomatoes: Apples Of Love visits involved lawn , Teak Outdoor Furniture -- From the Forests to Ships to Your Patio mowers in 2005. ZERO involved robotic lawn , Garden Etiquette - How To Act When In Another's Garden mowers.

These mowers , The Basics of Plant Growth; (Part 3) Root Formation in Cuttings have so many safety features , Starting a Wildflower Garden and shut-off triggers that it is amazing that they are actually functional.

The Friendly Robotics Robomower turns the blades off at 16 degrees, not even high enough to get a hand under. Even if a small hand could get under, the blades are far back and recessed into a chamber in the body. It would take creativity, not stupidity, to get to the blades while they are still turning.

Unlike push and riding lawn , Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy mower safety , Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People devices, robotic lawn , Outdoor Deck Lighting mower features , Treating Rust on Metal Railings are not easily disabled. The tilt detection devices are soldered on to the main boards. Even the resistance against the blades and the ability of the software to stop them is measured in thousandths of seconds.

Since these robotic lawn , Landscaping Combo Auto Detailing Business? mowers are designed to mulch there is no easy outlet for flying debris. Pebbles and pine cones do not get tossed very far and at low velocity.

Some robotic lawn , Teak Outdoor Furniture -- From the Forests to Ships to Your Patio mowers have sonar detection systems that if any moving objects get close they'll slow down and at another point stop the blade before even being touched. All have some sort of touch sensors that when they lightly bump into a stationary object that they change , Butterfly House in the Flower Garden direction. So actually getting run over is unlikely.

Another big concern is pets getting chopped to bits, again, no reported accidents involving robotic lawn , Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People mowers. Dogs have a tendency to chase and bark, but not attack. A dog actually chewing up a robotic lawn , Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy mower is more feasible than a robotic lawn , Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People mower chewing up a dog.

Robotic lawn , Spring Flowering Bulbs mowers move relatively slow, people and animals can easily move out of the way. Although it takes a lot longer to mow, if everyone used them there would be 72,000 fewer hospital visits this year.

This article was written to educate people that robotic mowers , Garden Etiquette - How To Act When In Another's Garden under intended circumstances are safe. , Making a New Lawn From Seed or Sod There has been a great deal of thought and engineering involved to make robotic lawn , Starting a Wildflower Garden mowers safe , Hardy Hibiscus for public use.

Kerry Clabaugh runs http://www.bamabots.com, a website dedicated to robotic lawnmowers , Cat Repellent or How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden sales and education. Kerry is also interested in your experiences with robotic lawnmowers. , A Modern Day Glove Affair He can be reached toll free (877) 383-6054

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