Rocking chairs and robotic mowers


The robots are coming.

You know, when I think of a cruise-y retirement, I used to think of sitting in a rocking chair, having a beer, and watching someone mow my lawn.
Now that is the life…
Nowadays I think a bit differently.

The way the future is heading, I can probably look forward to a self-driving car among other wonderful things.

But lately I have been thinking of a cunning PLAN

When I give up mowing lawns, I might just buy a bunch of robotic mowers and rent them out.
That way I can just rent them out, manage the setup, and replace any breakdowns, and "Bob's your uncle."

A nice steady retirement income coming in and only a few hours a week to manage it.
Talk about livin the dream.

Of course we all know that that is not really going to happen, but it's a nice thought.

However, the days of setting up robomowers on clients' lawns are getting closer.

I talked about this a few years ago on my blog. But there were a few things I thought needed to happen before it became a reality.
Robomowers would need to drop below the $1000 price point, and we still would require someone to do the edges and other assorted jobs around the garden.

I discussed a few startups at that time, but larger companies acquired most of them.
As seems to be the way of things these days.
Some of the early startups like Robin Autopilot with the rent-your-own model at $17 a week and Mowbot have changed hands and direction.

However, I still like the idea of dropping off robots to do all the work.
But that still seems to be a while away.

I have updated my post on robot mowers here.

Maybe by the time of the next update we will be another step closer.

Until then

Get out there, mow lawns, and have fun.

Stuart
Lawnmowing101

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