Re: [mowbot] cutting
Dominic Peterson (d.peterson nospam at qut.edu.au)
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:03:02 +1000 (EST)
>> Dave Everett <Deverett nospam at vir.idx.com.au> wrote:
>> What about opposed blades, like scissors or hedge trimmers? Or Monty's
>> idea of a comb with a rotating disk of blades underneath?
>
>I tried a hedge trimmer about 3 months ago when another roboticist I
>know was thinking of using one on a robot mower. The results were no
>good, the blades just bent, and at the very best it tore a few grass
>blades and looked terrible. I tried keeping the blades closer,
>sharpening etc. That is why I looked at how the normal mower blades
>work.
I think the problem here is that a hedge trimmer was designed (hopefully)
to trim hedges and not cut lawns so the sizes/tolerances etc are all wrong.
See my previous post for some "off-the-top-of-my-head" dimensions for a
comb type cutter.
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