ROBOTS
Robots will give you a hand The traditional and iconic image of the experienced groundsman marching up and down a lawn or pitch behind a mower producing lines so straight it would seem a laser has been inserted into his head, is very much part of our heritage. However, while not a dying art, significant technological developments now mean that there is more than one option when it comes to tending our
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lawns, sports fields, or grassy areas. Remote controlled mowing or robots are becoming much more sophisticated and the benefits are huge in time saving and health and safety. Blind eyes used to be turned to operators attaching ropes to fly mows before sliding them up and down grassy banks partly because no other grass cutting option could be identified. Rightly, that is no longer regarded as
acceptable practice and the conundrum about keeping the areas tended has been solved by the introduction of the remote-controlled mower. One of the companies at the forefront of remote mowing technology is Bomford Turner, which has developed its Flailbot to the extent that it is a serious option for anyone wanting to get on top of those difficult to access grassy areas.