{"id":191199,"date":"2024-06-14T02:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/segways-robot-mower-spared-me-from-my-least-favorite-chore"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T07:42:48","slug":"segways-robot-mower-spared-me-from-my-least-favorite-chore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/segways-robot-mower-spared-me-from-my-least-favorite-chore","title":{"rendered":"Segway\u2019s robot mower spared me from my least favorite chore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/segways-robot-mower-spared-me-from-my-least-favorite-chore2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure some of you have looked at robo mowers as Roombas for your yard but, sadly, many of them require you to install a boundary wire around the perimeter of your lawn. And any product that requires you to dig a trench is the opposite of what \u201clow effort\u201d means to me. That\u2019s why I was interested in trying Segway\u2019s Navimow i105, its \u00a3945 (around $1,200) GPS-equipped mower which eliminates that busywork. And keeping your lawn neat and tidy is a job that\u2019s all busywork.<\/p>\n<p>Ask a gardener and they\u2019ll tell you the secret to a great lawn is to seed a piece of flat land and then mow it into submission. Regular, militant mowing kills off all the other flora, ensuring only grass can grow until everything looks well-manicured. But that relentless mowing requires a lot of time, a luxury I\u2019ve never had. It\u2019s the sort of job a robot mower was born to do, given it can scuttle around and trim grass without you there.<\/p>\n<p>Segway\u2019s i Series is the company\u2019s latest, more affordable offering compared to its pricier S Series. The new units have a smaller battery and range, with the i105 able to handle areas up to 500 square meters. Unlike some GPS mowers, the i105 is equipped with a forward facing HD camera with a 180-degree field of vision. So while it relies on satellites for positioning, it\u2019ll have enough sense to stop before it clatters into an obstacle. It\u2019s not packing sophisticated computer vision smarts, but it\u2019ll play safe lest it charge into a pet, inattentive family member or prized flower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure some of you have looked at robo mowers as Roombas for your yard but, sadly, many of them require you to install a boundary wire around the perimeter of your lawn. And any product that requires you to dig a trench is the opposite of what \u201clow effort\u201d means to me. That\u2019s why [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}