The Missouri Department of Transportation has purchased a remote-control lawnmower to help trim grass along Kansas City-area highways.MoDOT purchased the mower, known as a Spider, after seeing one ...

I’ve been working with computers for ages, starting with a multi-year stint in purchasing for a major IBM reseller in New York City before eventually landing at PCMag (back when it was still in print ...

There’s something about lawn mowers and hackers. A desire to make them into smart, independent robots. Probably in preparation for the day when Skynet becomes self-aware or the Borg collective comes ...

Now you can sit back and mow your lawn with a Wii remote controller. Researchers in Denmark call it the Casmobot. It's pretty basic: Tilt the remote forward, the mower drives forward. Tilt it back, ...

For several years now, MnDOT has been using a remote control lawnmower on steep hills in Duluth. On Thursday, WDIO saw it in action along Mesaba Avenue. It can mow up to 5.7 miles per hour, and is ...

Early Wednesday afternoon, what looked like a compact version of NASA’s Mars Rover could be seen crawling up and down the hillside of Walter Kunz Stadium, along John James Audubon Parkway. The bright ...

Travelers need not be concerned if they see a vegetation mower moving along a roadside field – unmanned. Caltrans is increasing the safety of its field crews by utilizing remote-control mowers for ...

Robot lawn mowers are ideal for those who wish to take a hands-off approach to cutting the grass, but most models are limited in their abilities to navigate steep or rough terrain. At $3,999 as tested ...

Baby steps are the name of the game with this lawn mower. Behold the Remote Control Lawn Mower 2006 S-Class. All standard lawn mowing components are involved except the tag-a-long human guide. This ...

[Terry] sent in the first of his projects that he’s posted on his site. Having grown up in the midwestern US, I can’t even express how badly I wanted to build one of these puppies when I was a kid.