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Nobody I know enjoys mowing their lawn or vacuuming their homes.? Robotic mowers and vacuums are, in many ways, similar devices as they both these smart home robots incorporate navigation and locomotion functionality.? However, robotic vacuums have become common smart home accessories while robotic mowers haven't kept up.? Segway is working to change that with their Navimow i Series line of robotic mowers.? While the Navimow i Series mowers are positioned as entry level robotic mowers, with very competitive pricing, they include advanced navigation capabilities and features that set them apart from the competition.? This article provides a first look at the Segway Navimow i108E robotic mower.

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Interesting product I wish this had been around many decades years ago when I was sent out to mow my family's yards with a push mower! What about the lawn clippings? Unless this thing grinds up the cuttings to a fine dust, the first strong winds will deposit cut grass everywhere. Also thinking back on that time, I would encounter obstacles such as dog poop, dead birds, tree branches, etc. Maybe dog exhaust is no longer much of a problem now with most dog owners responsibly bagging it but for the rest it seems you still need to do a 'walk-through' of the property before unleashing it. I'm glad the reviewer pointed out the cloud vs local network issue; internet connectivity seems to be assumed on many new products. If it can do 98% of the job, that's still a great timesaver.?

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Robotic mowers operate very differently than a human powered mower.? People typically mow their lawn once a week during the summer.? This gives the lawn plenty of time to grow so you have to deal in some way with the clippings.? You might have a mulching mower that is designed to cut the clippings up very fine so they become fertilizer for the lawn or your mower collects the clippings in a bag.?

Robotic mowers are designed to be run much more often, even daily.? In this way the grass has only grown a short amount and the clippings are very short.? This allows the mower to operate as a mulching mower so the clippings become fertilizer for the lawn.

I'm not sure how the Navimow deals with the kinds of obstacles you mention.? However, I am doing a second article on the mower's performance because I live in the mountains and it has still been too cold for my grass to really have started growing yet.? I'll make sure I include some obstacle avoidance tests.

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Jay