From the creators that brought us the Roomba is coming another household-helping robot; this time one that mows the lawn. The rumor of such a robot has been spinning in the tech community for a long time and it was recently discovered that iRobot (the company that makes the Roomba) has designed and patented the Mowba. The grass-cutting robot seems to be very similar to the Roomba in design according to the patent. The filing contains several different versions of the robot, over which the comp
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iRobot lawnmower patent discovered CrunchGear, NY - 19 hours ago … for a robot-activated recharging station. (Something also available on the Robomower.) * A possible edge trimmer along the outside edge of the chassis.

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Robot Stock News has discovered a patent by iRobot for a “Lawn Care Robot” similar to the company’s line of robotic vacuum cleaners. While robotic lawnmowers aren’t new, they’ve had a hell of a time replacing conventional lawnmowers. You know, the kind that actually cut your entire yard in a reasonable amount of time even though you have to do all that inconvenient “walking” we’ve heard so much about. The biggest challenge for current and previous robotic lawnmower offerings has been how to
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MIT, iRobot’s progenitor, keeps coming up with new and crazy robots. The latest is RoboSnail (via CNN). Tags: RoboSnail, robot
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iRobot’s and Foster Miller’s military robotics divisions have a new 275-pound competitor, the LandShark, AP reports. The LandShark is made by Black i Robotics, started by Brian Hart, whose son was killed in Iraq. Tags: LandShark, robot
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Yesterday, it rained all day and we had two inches (5 cm) of flood around our house. So we designed this robot initially to go and fetch the mail so we don’t have to go in the rain and get our feet / shoes wet. I have not had a chance to test this outdoor properly yet - as it is still raining. But we did have 20 minutes break in the rain - long enough to take this picture: This is our first version of a NXT Amphibious vehicle. We tried to make it so that it can crawl over rocks like the Pac
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  I hope you all had a fabulous 4th of July! I know we did. It was my grandfather’s 74th birthday. I hope to share photos when my camera batteries are re-charged!! Time has flown by. I signed my children up for swimming lessons and I was reminded of when my grandfather taught me how to swim over 25 years ago! Today’s stamp set goes with my thoughts today. Those were great times at my grandparents all summer long. My grandfather would play “shark” and chase us around the pool. We would spend
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Git-R-Free DOES it again!July 5th, 2008 by melmarie80 Filed under: Free Site News Git-R-Free is holding another HUGE promotion, with over $2000 worth of prizes! In addition to the promotion, they also opened up 3 NEW sites! GoGreen.Git-R-Free.com - Your source to some energy tips and solutions.  This site is a 1 credit, $40 a referral site. Here are the prizes available- Lux Programmable Thermostat (2 Referrals) CFL Lightbulb Pack (12) (1 Referrals) Oxygenics Low-Flo Showerhead (1 Referra
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Killer robots which can change their shape to squeeze under doors and through cracks in walls to track their prey are moving from the realms of science fiction to the front line in the fight against terrorism. The US military has signed a £1.6m deal with a technology firm to design robots which are intelligent enough to work out how to wiggle through small spaces to reach their target. The action film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, featured a seemingly unstoppable killer robot played by Robert
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