RC Mowers announced new features to its Autonomous Mowing Robot (AMR), including a new split plan feature and a bilingual operator interface.
“These new features show our commitment to ongoing innovation,” said RC Mowers Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tim Kubista. “As part of The RC Mowers Success System, we consistently engage with our customers to learn from their AMR experience, and then innovate to provide them with new features that help them meet today’s landscaping challenges.”
The new split plan feature allows operators to set a single mow plan for an area and then deploy multiple autonomous mowers to determine the most efficient way to mow the area. Splitting a plan saves landscapers time by allowing the AMR app to divide a new or previously saved plan between multiple mowers. This results in a uniform presentation with mowers completing the task in concert. Operators can also provide their customers with unanimity by replicating the stripe angle and overlap between mowers.
The new English- and Spanish-language operator interface, on both the app and the machine display, allows operators to toggle between the language of their choice.
“This is a key part of our success system, which is built on unprecedented support, tools and policies that fortify our commitment to our customers,” Kubista said. “Many of our customers have workforces that are primarily Spanish-speaking, and adding this interface makes it easier and more efficient to implement the autonomous mowers within their fleet.”
The RC Mowers AMR first hit the market last year and has been a hit with users because of its ability to help them overcome labor shortages. The RC Mowers Robotics team, which includes professionals in aviation safety and experts who worked on developing autonomous vehicles for the U.S. Department of Defense, designed and constructed the mowers. The team is led by experts who developed the weapons guidance systems for the U.S. military.
“Our proprietary app and our Simple Mow technology put a single operator to work, creating the same revenue as a crew of three,” Kubista said. “The AMR provides commercial landscapers with the opportunity to increase profit from mowing services, which traditionally is the number one source of landscaping companies’ revenue but also generally the least profitable.”