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Remote Controlled Lawn Mower
lordmundi replied to hotwaterwizard's topic in Electronic Projects Design/Ideas
wow. just found this: http://www.evatech.net/ -
Remote Controlled Lawn Mower
lordmundi replied to hotwaterwizard's topic in Electronic Projects Design/Ideas
I am considering the same kind of project. Finding other RC lawnmowers on the web has proven fairly difficult. Here are two that I have found so far: This guy has made two of em! http://home.triad.rr.com/wingspan/lawnmow.htm Scroll down about 1/4 of the page (or search for "mower") http://runryder.com/gallery/00470/ You will notice that these three (2 in the first link) all use servos to turn front wheel. I was thinking of doing something less involved. I was thinking that I could put caster wheels on the back, then put two motors connected to the front wheels. This would allow me to drive each wheel seperately and drive the mower like a tank (i.e hold left wheel braked and spin the right wheel and the mower should turn using the left front wheel as a pivot... which would be perfect for mowing in strips!) Of course, this method seems only useful if you are starting with a mower that is not self-propelled. If you can start with mower that is self-propelled, perhaps the servo option is better because all you have to worry about doing is engaging the clutch, and steering, which is probably why the guys in the previous links went the way they did. You also don't need to have a huge-ass battery on their for two motors.