There may be parts of your garden which will be challenging or even impossible for your Robot Mower. Your
Robot Mower will not stray beyond the boundary wire you must lay around your garden.
It will change direction on making contact with things like:
• posts and poles (e.g. washing lines),
• fences and walls around trees
But it will need to be kept away from:
• dug borders,
• trees with exposed roots,
• flower beds,
• ponds and water features,
• excessively uneven terrain.
The wire must be kept taut and never be allowed to loop or cross over itself. Ideally if ground is particularly
uneven the wire can be buried up to 40 mm deep and pegged down to secure. This can be achieved easily
with a manual edging tool. If this is not desired or possible then the wire should be firmly pegged around the
garden with pegs at a minimum of 1 m intervals, keeping the cable taut to avoid it being cut by the mower,
more so at corners and over uneven terrain. The cable should be positioned a minimum of 30 cm from the
edge of the garden, as the mower will overlap the wire, although it will not stray past it.
On corners the wire should not be laid at a sharp angle or right angle, but curved or a series of obtuse
angles. The mower can detect a signal from the wire from as much as 18 m away. It should be noted that
due to this set up some areas of the lawn will not get mowed such as outside the perimeter edges. These can
be maintained using a suitable grass trimmer. If the ground where the wires are to be laid is particularly dry
and the soil hard from lack of rain, it will help to thoroughly water the garden before attempting to lay your
perimeter wire.
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