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  • Category: Robotics
  • Founded: Apr 9, 2003
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just got my rm400 last week and it´s broken already! shows error codes 11,44,20,805 (this one sounds serious?), 2 and 10. Who can help? I´m over here in...
4 Jul 4, 2008
9:08 pm

Tom Stewart
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Well, it finally happened..... part of the gear-case failed after 328 hrs on my RL-800. It did NOT fail at the drive-motor pinion, although it shows some wear,...
15 Jul 3, 2008
12:48 pm

Bill
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Hey Guys. This is my first post on this board. I was browsing the web looking for info on a RoboMower and came across this board. I'm not sure which model I...
7 Jul 2, 2008
6:35 pm

Melissa
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I just wanted to end the rumor if the Democratic nominee gets elected, we will NOT be changing our name to OBAMABOTS.COM! Much to my surprise that name was...
3 Jul 1, 2008
10:35 pm

Bill
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Tried to have my 1000 mow the front yard. It went through the diagnostics (warm up) but when it came time for it to test the blade motors, nothing happened....
3 Jun 30, 2008
12:42 am

Matt Cooper
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Only time will tell if it will work. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/january9/nanowire-010908.html ...
2 Jun 29, 2008
2:42 pm

Matt Cooper
mornwkout
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Watch their mower on you-tube they came in second at The 5th Annual ION Robotic Lawn Mower Competition. They used a robomower (modified) last year and tied for...
1 Jun 26, 2008
3:45 pm

bkelley9401
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Since I purchased my Robomower with a credit card that extends the original warranty period, my CC company will pay for a replacement battery. Since cost is no...
3 Jun 26, 2008
1:29 am

Robert Silva
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A few weeks ago I purchased a new RL1000 and I have been quite pleased so far. Other than some fine-tuning with the perimeter wire around edges and such (the...
8 Jun 19, 2008
5:21 am

Dan Barclay
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Hi, I am looking for the EVP20-12 or the UB12220 batteries. After reading through the archives, these batteries seem to be the best for the Robomow. The only...
2 Jun 17, 2008
5:56 pm

dannym@...
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Can I get a roll call here of all the people needing batteries, and how many? Let's say "2x" for each Robomower battery. I want to come back to Digikey and BB...
18 Jun 17, 2008
5:43 pm

dannym@...
oznog2002
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Actually I made a mistake reading the graph- BP20 is not equivalent to EVP20. It's lower capacity at the 5A rate. Not by a whole lot though. I spoke with BB...
5 Jun 17, 2008
2:02 pm

Gordon Wojda
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Noticed that ALL Digikey parts list the "Lead-Free/ROHS Status"? The industry has been doing a lot to switch over to lead-free solders, a more difficult...
1 Jun 13, 2008
6:47 am

dannym@...
oznog2002
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Hi, I just got the replacement batteries from the Robomower distributor in Belgium. They are the Fullriver DC17-12. So it's a 12v 17 AH battery. When going...
18 Jun 12, 2008
8:54 pm

Robert
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I've talked to some battery mfg over the last few days. As an engineer, they're great to talk to, they really know a LOT of technical details on the tradeoffs...
3 Jun 12, 2008
5:59 pm

dannym@...
oznog2002
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RoboMower - It Mows Your Lawn, You Don'tHi everyone In mid May, I bought two UB12220 Universal ( 12V 22 AH B-1 Nut & Bolt) SLA/AGM @ $41.95 each, on-line,...
1 Jun 12, 2008
6:01 am

Chuck White
cwhite8357
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Hi, I bought trough ebay a batterypack charger for the Robomower. I connected it and its charging my pack now for about 3 hours. The battery is a Fullriver...
5 Jun 10, 2008
6:10 pm

Bob and Barbara
eventtravelers
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About two years ago I got a new chip to pop in my RL500 (Woot mower, so I guess it was an RL500 "A"), from Matt Cooper (I think, but maybe someone else). It...
3 Jun 10, 2008
5:07 am

anirudh kadiyala
kadiyalaanirudh
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Local Pickup Only - I can't ship. Three summers ago I was newly divorced and didn't want to cut my 3/4 acre lot each week. I purchased three brand new...
2 Jun 9, 2008
7:42 pm

cgomes3
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Has anyone heard from Iggy lately? I haven't seen any of his posts lately, and our personal correspondence stopped abruptly, too. Thanks!...
3 Jun 8, 2008
5:50 pm

Matt Cooper
mornwkout
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The rubber "joypad" part of the controller has ripped off. Is there some place I can get a new one? James...
3 Jun 8, 2008
5:04 pm

jeff webster
rainycityguy
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Hi, My RL-500 gets stuck in an uneven area in my lawn. Any ideas how to fix this? I was thinking of leveling up the area and lay new lawn, is this the easiest...
4 Jun 8, 2008
3:27 pm

IggyKC@...
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I have a new batteries! Digikey's BP20-12-B1. I think my RL 1000 has been mowing for about or more than TWO (2!!!!) hours. This is almost unheard of since I...
3 Jun 7, 2008
6:02 pm

wolfbob
wolfrobert
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Hi, I have a 2005 RL-1000 and I recently upgraded to the 4.1-07 28-1-08 software. My mower worked flawless untill now after the upgrade. The mower does not...
2 Jun 2, 2008
3:15 pm

tinapropes
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Curious if anyone has bought one of these and how they would rate it... I don't have a giant row of hedges just a few barberries and other hedge bushes....
1 Jun 2, 2008
1:27 am

toolman_d
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I was just curious what the market worth is for a 550? I'm looking to sell mine due to moving to a new home. I've got the original boxes, manuals, ruler... all...
2 Jun 2, 2008
1:27 am

toolman_d
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Is it only me or have there not been any posts for 3 days now? Strange? Or is Yahell acting up again? Bob...
11 Jun 1, 2008
3:51 pm

Bill
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Dean Kamen (maker of Segway) talks about his new developments (a mechanical prosthetic arm) and he makes a comment that rings true for what we've seen for the...
2 May 31, 2008
3:11 am

Dan Barclay
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my unit was stored for some time and shipped also, I would like to have it do its compass calibration again but there seems to be no way to reset it, is there...
2 May 25, 2008
9:30 pm

IggyKC@...
iggykc
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I'm looking to acquire one of the battery cases for an RL850. I can't seem to find one anywhere and I don't want to have to buy a battery at full cost. Anyone...
2 May 25, 2008
9:29 pm

Dan Barclay
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