Betsie Lawnbott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdIpuG-BlGQ
About the same as the first one, no sound, but a little less bouncy.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKyPyj9PP8
http://betsielawnbott.livejournal.com

This makes me dizzy…. and it looked a lot better before compressing. I didn’t get the camera fastened down very well, it’s a bumpy ride!

Still working on a live feed – stay tuned…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_axkZq9LNI

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For the sake of fun, geekiness and security, I am going to set up Betsie Cam(s) at some point in the future. 🙂

Oh a internet interface for her would be cool too. Send her out mowing, steer her around, etc. That would take a lot of hacking though. So probably just a cam.

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After an afternoon and night of partying, Betsie was sitting on the neighbor’s side of our front yard this morning.

I guess whoever took her got bored and brought her back.

I had dug out the renter’s insurance and was about to call when their phones opened at 8, but decided to look around the property one the lsat time. And there she was!

Again, I was sort of expecting it.

So now we have new mowing hours, mostly after dark. At least until we move.

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Got home from work late tonight and Betsie is nowhere to be found.

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Should have taken a picture…. I just took the cover (red part) off Betsie for the first time in quite a while. I forgot how well sealed up she is. Good thing though! She’s as dirty as.. Well.. A lawn mower!

Good news is she’s all caught up on mowing both front and back and even the side area inside the dog fence. And she hasn’t gotten stuck as often.

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We’re making great progress now!
Last time I checked the display stated 70% complete.

She only seems to get stuck after bumping the charging dock. This either jiggles the wires in their terminals, or knocks them out entirely.

I’ve not been home much this week to watch her mow. I haven’t seen her in area 2 or 3 recently, should be set to every 2 times out.

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Betsie mowed for an hour and 40 minutes (longer really because she got stuck on a soda can some kid tossed in my yard and I had to restart her) and she then went home on her own!

The display says 38% completed, a new record for the front field!

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It looks like the pattern is:

Mow
Smart spiral
Mow in approx same direction as before spiral
Hit wire
Turn 45 degrees
Hit wire
Turn 45 degrees more
Mow
Spiral
Wire
Turn
Wire
Turn
Mow
Etc

This is interesting because she will always spiral close to the wire. And then cross the middle and not spiral again until after hitting another wire.

So the lawn gets cut from the outside in, kind of.

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