RG3 Will Take Care Of Your Golf Course, Has No Problem With Gophers
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 26 of February , 2009 at 7:36 am
Unless you want to invest in an entire fleet of smaller robotic mowers, your golf course might require something a little more… You know… Beastly, when it comes to maintenance. I know mine does. The RG3 (Robotic Greens Mower 3) weighs a hulking 650 pounds, goes 3.5 miles per hour, and has been engineered specifically for the golf industry. It’s powered by 3 lead-acid batteries that give you 3 hours worth of “whisper-quiet” mowing.
Rather than use a boundary wire like most other robotic mowers, the RG3 relies on ultrasonic detectors, infrared sensors, and a system of four 7 pound, several foot tall beacons to determine its position on an otherwise mostly featureless green. The operator (so okay, it’s not entirely autonomous) positions the beacons around each green, and with their assistance, the RG3 can navigate its way precisely enough that it covers the entire green in one pass. It can even mow in patterns, if you’re the fancy type.
You probably won’t be shocked to learn that the RG3 costs nearly $30,000. Additional modules are planned that will eventually allow the robot to mow entire fairways, rake sand traps, spot treat the grass with pesticides and fertilizers, and nuke gophers.
Okay, not actually nuke gophers. Gophers are cute, I like gophers, unlike some people…
[ Precise Path RG3 ] VIA [ CNET ]
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Comment by GolfClubStore
Made Sunday, 19 of April , 2009 at 6:59 pm
Excellent Information. Thanks a lot!