EXAMPLE TWO - A suburban home in north eastern Auckland
This modern suburban home in north eastern Auckland is on a ~600m2 section, surrounded by a very complex lawn layout. Only one Navimow is needed because it can drive to all 7 separate Zones (soon to be expanded to 8). The blade turns off while moving along "corridors" between Zones, so Navimow can transverse across concrete, packed earth and some shingle (as long as the stones are not too big and rough, nor too tiny).
The total area of lawns that have been mapped is 258m2. This will increase to ~275m2 once the area marked Future Zone 8 has been added to the map.
Zones 4, 5 and 8 are the roadside berm located between the footpath and the roadway. Navimow has anti-theft alarmsprotection built-in, and is Bound to a single account (so a stollen Navimow can never be used by anyone else, unless Unbound by the original owner).
The various lawns are located and extend around all sides of the house. Zone 7 is on the opposite side of the house to the EFLS transmitter, and line-of-sight to Zone 6 is interrupted in part by the house. Navimow has proven able to receive a sufficiently strong signal from the EFLS transmitter mounted on the standard pole next to the base station - even on the opposite side of the house. Were this not to be the case, the transmitted can be mounted higher up, or on the roof.
The rate of growth rate of grass varies across the Zones. This is due to shading from buildings, soil type and grass type (e.g. the Council laid berms are different from the lawns laid around the house). Using the scheduling feature, each zone can be cut a different times, and at different heights. For example, setting the berms to be mowed when the owners are out maintaining the front gardens enables them to keep an eye on "Moe" in case a passerby thinks of interfering in some way.
A Navimow H800-VF would be a suitable model the lawns at this property. This model is capable of mowing up to 800m2 so is easily able to attend to the <300m2 lawns featured here. All Navimow models sold in New Zealand include VisionFence. Turning VisionFence on at this property is useful because the owners have a dog and three cats. Further, VisionFence enables Navimow to continue to operate even when GPS signals are blocked or weakened by obstructions (eg buildings) as various satellites pass overhead. VisionFence uses Artificial Intelligence to recognise specific types of objects that might be left laying out on the lawn, or sunbathing or running about. In addition to VisionFence, Navimow uses touch/bump surfaces for object avoidance, and also has an instant 'Blade Stop' feature if the enclosure is touched at the points closest to where the blade is rotating underneath.
Read about Example 3 in our next article, where we learn about how Navimow deals with restricted views of the sky or to the EFLS transmitter, and more.
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