18.07.2026 Hands free robot mowing?

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  Saturday 18th 60F/16C [7.45] Heavy overcast but dry. A change to cooler weather. Rather windy from the west. 

 75F/24C in the room. 60F/16C in the greenhouse. Pond water at 70F/21C.

 Up at 6.10 after a quiet night. 

 8.00 Started the robot mowing along the drive. 

 9.30 I have repeatedly strimmed the long grass and weeds on the neighbours' verges. Then mowed the drive again and again with the big mower. Using the collector bag to clean up the ground. Then clipped the overhanging hedge. Raked it all up and sent the robot mower out to expand its territory. 

 I am hoping it will discover the verges on its own. Now there are not so many obstacles in its AI FSD field of vision. It has just extended its map of the verge as I watched. Even returning with a parallel mowing path to ensure it was covered. It has just found a narrow gateway though the hedge and mowed and explored the indent. 

 As mentioned before: It shows where it has mowed by leaving a paler green path behind it on its map. Which is constantly updated and shown on the screen via Wi-Fi. It is supposed to remember where it has not mowed and should return. To tidy up missed areas. Not always with perfect recall. There is some discussion of this subject online. With various suggestions on how to overcome the problem.

 It is fun to see it exploring. If the Wi-Fi signal is weak it leaves no green update of its track on the map. A it has just done on the newly cleared verge. It was leaving no trace of its progress as it reach the far end of the drive. About 100m from the house. The map is usually updated when it returns for recharging. 

 The image shows the extra length it has added to the right side verge. Well beyond it previous limit before turning back. The drive's entire area has now been mowed flat with the Makita. So there should be no hindrance to the auto-mapping as it mows.

 A complication is that it avoids the gravel. Where the vehicle tires usually run. So it will not usually cross from the wider, central strip of grass out to the narrower verges. It will usually "borrow" a more overgrown section. As a bridge to find the verges. 

 Some users have suggested throwing grass clippings where it is desired to mow or cross bare ground. Thus overcoming the software inhibition to mowing gravel. Which might damage the blades. Setting a Must Mow Zone on the map will also mow missed areas. Though there is some complication in that it won't go outside its original mowing map. It can be very frustrating to watch the mower running in a nice straight line. Hoping it will push the boundaries. Only for it to abruptly pause and change direction. 

 Most of my own problems are letting the robot mow a long thin map. With almost continuous gravel between the 100m long, grass stripes. It's fun but demanding of the condition of the grass. Before the mower is sent off to map and mow. Eufy seem to be updating the software as they experience feedback. As do the manufacturers of my security cameras. The robot is now recognized by the cameras' software. Where, before, there was no registration at all.  

 

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