TOOLS , PLANT & EQUIPMENT
NEW HUSQVARNA
AUTOMOWER ® WITH VIRTUAL BOUNDARY TECHNOLOGY OFFERS PRODUCTIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR PROFESSIONALS
Husqvarna - global leader in robotic lawnmowing – is now , after months of thorough testing internally and with customers , launching the new high capacity Husqvarna Automower ® 550 EPOS robotic mower . Its satellitebased virtual boundary solution offers new levels of flexibility , convenience and performance for areas up to 5,000 m2 .
The pilot of the Husqvarna Automower ® 550 EPOS robotic mower with virtual boundary technology included 100 robotic mowers in four countries . It was , for example , tested at Royal Djurgården in Stockholm , the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg , Munich Airport , La Seine Musicale in Paris and at a baseball stadium in New York .
Gunnar Björkman , Park Manager at Royal Djurgården , a park with more than 15 million visitors each year , tested the Husqvarna Automower ® 550 EPOS robotic mower during the spring and summer . He said : “ The main benefits we saw from testing the Husqvarna 550 EPOS robotic mower was the easy installation and the flexible area management which allowed us to create temporary stay out zones when lawns were being used for events or closed off for other reasons . With robotics using virtual boundaries we can use robotics for 75 % of our mowing , compared to 25 % previously .”
At the “ Planten un Blomen ” park in Hamburg , a Husqvarna Automower ® 550 EPOS robotic mower was installed in collaboration with Elbgarden OHG on a demanding public area of 1,200 m2 . The test area is located in direct connection to a footpath and an artificial lake , where events such as the music-accompanied water light games take place . Matthias Olinski , head of the “ Planten un Blomen ” park in Hamburg , was impressed by the performance and flexibility of Husqvarna Automower ® 550 EPOS .
He said : “ It offers many advantages over conventional mowing technology , especially in terms of flexibility . We no longer have to plan whether we have enough staff for mowing . This offers more time for other work like grooming or bed care .
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