[Lambertus] has taken a Parkside robot mower, and converted it from a relatively mundane device to a fully-connected smart robot, with the aid of an ESP8266.

There are some more heavy-duty robot lawn mowers about – for example, the Mowrator comes with a larger steel rotary blade designed to be able to tackle tall, tough plants like brambles and nettles.

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Make smart robots a strategic priority. Align robotics deployment with business goals, involve leadership at the highest level and consider appointing dedicated roles—such as a chief robotics ...

The smart robot conundrum These are still Heathkit Days for robotics, with a few single-purpose hits like the Roomba and Aibo, but no unifying user interface to tie it all together, ...

Materials that make robots smart. Published:6/13/2019 6/13/2019 . We posit that embodied artificial intelligence is not only a computational but also a materials problem. While the importance of ...