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How Robotic Mowers Have Moved from a Curiosity to a Competitive Advantage

While robotic mowers have been around since the 90s, in recent years they have shifted from a novelty that landscape companies merely tested out into a true efficiency tool for operations. Timber Toste, owner of Mow Bot Ltd, based in Longmont, Colorado, admits that originally, he felt that robots were going to take their jobs, […]

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Is Your Landscaping Business Ready for Robotics?

Guest post There’s no question that technology impacts every business. This is especially true today as technology moves forward at a pace that is difficult to keep up with. Landscaping is no different, and today, robotics and artificial intelligence are making rapid gains that are being applied to commercial and even residenital robot mowers. While […]

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How I Do It: Milosi Invests in R&D to Stay on the Cutting Edge

An R&D department sounds like something only multimillion-dollar corporations can afford to have, but Milosi, based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, has started a bit smaller by creating an R&D committee at the end of 2022. Taylor Milliken, owner and president of Milosi, says he’s wanted to start an R&D committee for years. ā€œWith Create and Innovate […]

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Electric Sheep Takes on Landscape Maintenance with Their AI-Powered Robots

If you’ve been keeping up with the robotic mower market, you’ve probably heard of the brand, Electric Sheep Robotics, Inc., based in San Francisco, California. While the brand initially launched as a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering, they have now pivoted to become a large-scale outdoor maintenance company powered by artificial intelligence and robotics. ā€œWe’ve spent the […]

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How To Integrate Robot Mowers Into Your Lawn Care Business

Guest Post If you own or manage a lawn care business, then you’re probably already well aware of the current labor market and the difficult conditions it’s causing. Almost every industry, lawn care included, is dealing with labor shortages and a tight labor market. This can make it difficult to scale your business effectively. It […]

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Sebert Landscape Implements Autonomous Commercial Mowers

When RC Mowers announced their autonomous mower robots last fall, Steve Pearce, COO for Sebert Landscape, based in Bartlett, Illinois, says he was hooked after getting to demo the mowers. ā€œRC last fall blew me away with how far along they were with it, so we committed to two of them right away,ā€ Pearce says. […]

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How to Integrate Commercial Autonomous Mowers in Your Operations

One of the reasons commercial autonomous mowers haven’t become widespread with landscape maintenance companies is the question of how to integrate them properly into existing operations. Depending on your client base, commercial autonomous mowers may be a great fit for the properties you maintain. Where They Function Best Because each commercial autonomous mower brand has […]

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A Deep Dive on How Commercial Autonomous Mowers Work

The discussion of robotic mowers has been a hot topic for years, but mostly the focus has been on its application in residential spaces. However, multiple brands have been working on creating autonomous mowers that can be utilized on commercial properties. Each manufacturer has approached the equation of robotic mowers with a slightly different solution, […]

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Future-Proofing Your Business with Technology

This information came from a session during the 2022Ā ELEVATEĀ conference and expo. Don’t miss the 2023 ELEVATE in Dallas on Sept. 10-13. It’s commonly said that in business, you’re either growing or dying. If you want your company to still be around in the next five, 10 or 15 years, you have to consider what an […]

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REPLAY: Robotic Mowing 101: Teaming Up with Technology with Matt Gramer

In this replay episode of the Growing in the Green Industry Podcast, hosts Miles Kuperus III, system architect at Include Software, Neal Glatt, managing partner of GrowTheBench, Brett Lemcke, VP of R.M. Landscape and Luke Melograno, production coordinator at Mariani Landscape, talk with Matt Gramer, president of NatureWorks Landscape Services, Inc. Gramer has a B.S. […]

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