How does a robot mower handle more than one area (front/back garden or a path between lawns)?
Without a perimeter wire (RTK robot mower):
From within the manufacturer’s app, you’ll map the perimeter of each area/zone and route (where necessary) the robot’s path to the zone from its charging station.
With a perimeter wire:
Firstly you need to ensure that you buy a robot mower that can cover the total area you need, secondly that it is built to handle more than one area and thirdly that it can move from one area to another.
- The manufacturer will state the area the robot will cover. You can’t say that you have two 600 sq. m. lawns but you’ll use a 600 sq. m. mower and move it between the lawns every other day. You have 1200 sq. m. so you need to buy a mower that handles that…..sorry! Use our measure my lawn page to find out.
- Each mower will say how many areas it can cover, our mowers cover between 2 and 8 areas (e.g. the L35 Deluxe)
- The perimeter wire needs to enclose all the areas in a complete loop. Where the mower goes from one area to another, it needs a corridor to follow (all the Ambrogios need a 1m corridor although in certain circumstances get away with 50cms). You need to be able to lay the perimeter wire along the corridor (i.e. not solid concrete) and the robot needs to be able to grip (i.e. not shingle).
Have a look at our test garden and see how complex and area can be managed. If you are not sure, Contact Us, there are not many areas that we cannot come up with a solution for.
