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Spring has sprung
Today is the first day of Spring 2024 in New Zealand. The recent warm, wet weather across much of the country has seen grass growth begin to get underway earlier...
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Navimow: fresh features for free!
Every Segway Navimow owner in New Zealand just got more than they paid for. That's right! Navimow has just been updated over-the-air with seriously useful new functionality, iterative improvements, and...
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Navimow: a very intricate mowing map (in Auckland)
How's this for a very intricate Navimow mowing map? The lawns around eight houses in this retirement village are all being mowed by one H3000A-VF. Navimow's multiple navigation systems combine...
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Navimow installed at NZ House of the Year
We installed two Segway Navimow units at a magnificent house that was being judged the very next day for the Registered Master Builders 2024 House of the Year award. Guess...
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Navimow....down the garden path (from one lawn to the next)
Navimow is able to transverse a variety of terrain while travelling from one lawn to the next. In a previous post we saw how Navimow can climb over the steel...
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Navimow: spiked wheel discs
If you're ready to go where no Navimow has gone before, slip on a pair of spiked heels wheel discs. The Navimow H-series is able to climb 24 degree (45%)...
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Navimow: where (not) to place the Charging Station placement to get a good view of the sky
Segway Navimow has two so-called "GPS" receivers. Actually, these days we use the term GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) instead of GPS because there are many satellite navigation systems circling...
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Segway PowerSports posts massive growth
According to RideApart's Enrico Punsalang, Segway PowerSports posted a massive 309% year-on-year growth in USA during 2024, and an even bigger 343% increase in Q1. What makes Segway's figures more...
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Navimow climbs over automatic gate guide rails, transverses shingle driveways
Kiwi homes usually feature at least several separate sections of lawn. By setting up each separated section of lawn as a "Zone" Navimow can drive along a "Corridor" to get...
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More features for Navimow with firmware & App updates
The best thing about Segway Navimow is how it just keeps getting better. The latest mower firmware and Navimow App updates released a few days ago have added great new...
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Navimow maintenance and servicing in New Zealand
Servicing a robot lawn mower is a lot cleaner and simpler compared with a petrol mower. For one thing, there's no fuel, oil or grease to make a mess. Just...
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Q: Why did Woz & comedian Steve-O cross the road (on their PTs)? A: To get to the Apple Store...
Recently, in sunny California Steve 'Woz' Wozniak and comedian Steve-O rode their Segway PTs to their local Apple Store to buy a new MacBook. When Woz asked to use his...
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Segway PTs on Patrol from The Base to St Patrick's Day Parade; University of Canterbury PT upgrade
Two additional Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) configured as the security-focused Patroller models were in use at The Base shopping mall over the Christmas period. The Base has been using Segway...
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Example 5: Navimow avoids driving into trouble, thanks to VisonFence spotting hedge clippings
Lawns can be dynamic areas. There might be something on it today that wasn't there yesterday. Traditionally, robotic lawnmowers have (mostly) not run over or into randomly dropped toys, deck...
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Example 4: Adding more Zones for Navimow to cover
This rural property has just given one of their Navimow units more work to do. Originally, it was mapped to mow ~2,000 m2 of our irregularly shaped, largest lawn that...
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Example 3: Navimow navigates very tricky lawns with VisionFence
EXAMPLE THREE - Overcoming difficult spots and tricky situations on complex lawns This article includes real-world examples of situations where Navimow's unique VisionFence camera really comes into its own. VisionFence...
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Example 2: Navimow conquers complex Kiwi lawn layouts
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....
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Example 1: Navimow conquers complex Kiwi lawn layouts
The Segway Navimow is a very clever robot. Across Auckland it has proven able to conquer complex multi-zone lawn layouts. It can drive between zones with its blades turned off...
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