7
Setup
Planning the Mowing Area
Layout
Before using the robotic lawn mower for the first time,
plan out how you want the lawn mower to mow your
lawn. Figure 4 shows the top view of a typical lawn.
1
Steep slope
Plot A
Plot B
Plot C
Plot D
Garage
(more than 15 degrees)
2
3
4
5
<5’
>5’
5’
<5’
PS
Driveway
House
Patio
Rock Garden
Mail Box
PS
PS
PS
PS
PS=Perimeter switch
Wire
Landscaping
Perimeter
<90o
Sidewalk
Small Tree
(2” dia. or less)
Figure 4
1.
Perimeter island (more than
5 ft. (1.5 m) from the lawn
edge)
2.
Indentation along the edge
(less than 5 ft. (1.5 m))
3.
Sharp corner (avoid laying
perimeter wire in a corner
less than 90
°
)
4.
Obstacle near the edge (less
than 5 ft. (1.5 m) from the
lawn edge)
5.
Perimeter switch area
