We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!

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    Why does the fact that it is riderless have anything to do with it being combustion powered or not. How are those two things connected.

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      See the second paragraph. It changes the entire approach to mowing.

      (Though I’m headed towards natural lawns that don’t need this kind of maintenance at all.)

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        It doesn’t look like this is dedicated to one lawn. It looks like it is meant to be moved from place to place, to provide a service.

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          Then you have plenty of opportunity to do battery swaps as part of the usual setup. Or charging it with an inverter in the truck in between jobs.

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        Yeah. The whole idea of growing something, watering it, fertilizing and caring for it, so you can chop it down is pretty crazy.