RoBo Blower Sure To Become Stephen King Novel

Snow removal ranks right up there with laundry as one of the least-enjoyed chores. [Herb Spencer] sought to automate the process while terrifying his neighbors as the same time by building a robotic snow blower, the RoBo Blower. The heavy lifting is still handled by a gas motor which propels the snow auger. Two batteries power the electrical system that takes commands from a remote control, moving the show chute and managing the navigation.  He’s done what he can in the way of safety, adding a grate at the front, flashing light atop, an operator-controlled horn, and kill circuitry (to shut it down, not to kill the unsuspecting). All of this is wrapped up in a nice package, especially when compared to the snow blower push platform from last month.

Maybe next year he’ll work on making it autonomous? Take a look at the RoBo Blower clearing a driveway after the break.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3i_5yue-Qw]

[Thanks Juan via Hacked Gadgets]

17 thoughts on “RoBo Blower Sure To Become Stephen King Novel

  1. Megan: Where’d you get 16 inches from? His page says it’s 30″ high. Besides, you could always go over the same area more then once (which is what most people end up doing anyway).

    This is a cool project but if it’s not autonomous then it didn’t happen.

  2. @ jeditalian, I have run over a couple of gophers with the tiller, its actually a pretty clean way to go.

    Being from a temperate area of Northern California I don’t understand this hack at all, but it is cool.

  3. I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this post about fantasy. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has inspired me to start my own tutorial blog now.

Leave a Reply

Please be kind and respectful to help make the comments section excellent. (Comment Policy)

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.