Robot Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/robot/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:23:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Robot Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/robot/ 32 32 2696646 Mammotion Yuka Mini 500 – First Impressions https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/mammotion-yuka-mini-500-first-impressions/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/mammotion-yuka-mini-500-first-impressions/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:23:24 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46525 Having taken the plunge and upgraded our trusty, boundary-wire-guided Flymo robot mower to a GPS-guided Mammotion Yuka Mini 500, I thought I’d share some first impressions. Scepticism, Satellites, and Software To be honest, I was a little sceptical about GPS-guided mowers. I’ve used GPS in various ways for years, so I know both its strengths and...

The post Mammotion Yuka Mini 500 – First Impressions appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/mammotion-yuka-mini-500-first-impressions/feed/ 2 46525 Hector the Robot Mower https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/hector-the-robot-mower/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/hector-the-robot-mower/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:37:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35846 Now that things have warmed up a little, Hector our robot mower has been out and about. The weekend was decidedly Spring like and he’s been busy keeping the garden tidy for us. Perfect Edges The time spent creating the perfect habitat for him was time well spent. So far he hasn’t got stuck anywhere....

The post Hector the Robot Mower appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/hector-the-robot-mower/feed/ 2 35846 The perfect habitat for a robot lawn mower https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-perfect-habitat-for-a-robot-lawn-mower/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-perfect-habitat-for-a-robot-lawn-mower/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:39:04 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35840 Robots, they are all the rage in our house at the moment. We were a little dubious about how well they would work but the robot vacuum cleaner that we have has been a revelation. It may not be as powerful as an all singing all dancing upright vacuum cleaner, but that fact that it...

The post The perfect habitat for a robot lawn mower appeared first on A Simple Life of Luxury.

]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-perfect-habitat-for-a-robot-lawn-mower/feed/ 3 35840