Comments on RG3 Robotic Greens Mower Is Sensor-Equipped
This sensor-equipped mower is nimble enough to avoid gophers on golf courses. (Read
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"Take a look at a short video demonstrating the use of the RG3 robotic greens mower.
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(Bill Christensen 8/23/2010 5:57:05 PM)
"It's a Roomba for your lawn! :)
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( 9/5/2010 1:03:22 AM)
"It is pretty cool - but it needs to know how to go back to its charger and dock automatically. One thing about this device that is different is that most people don't replace some kind of paid service with a roomba. The RG3 greens mower video shown above estimates that $1 billion are spent every year cutting the grass at golf courses, and a lot of that must be wages."
(Bill Christensen 9/5/2010 2:33:14 PM)
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