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Hello in the lawn

The lawnmower introduced with cutting a big "hello" ...

Textmower almost ready

The lawnmover is almost ready to cut text pattern into the grass only some elecronic part needs to be done. The total power output of the mixers is as much as the power output of a washing machine.

meeting of a lawnmower and a handmixer

The first landprint prototype will be ready to operate in a couple of days. At the present position it seems like the lawnmower equipped with 14 handmixer will cut text in the grass at the project presentation. Household handmixers have the potential to function like little lawnmowers, although they need to be cut a little by a saw...

Altering the lawnmower

One problem to solve with lawnmower is to get exact information about the moving. To detect the wheel rotation is relatively simple task using a LED and a light sensor.

two ways

First time we start on two ways:
(1) modified lawnmower which cuts picture in grass.
(2) circle layout: the "print head" moves on a rail on the radius of circle while scattering seeds of different color grass. The resulting picture is monochrome drawn in a spiral line.

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