Robot Snow Shovel
I-Shovel is an autonomous robotic snow shovel that automatically detects the snow accumulation and clears the driveway. The device uses a built-in computer to control the shoveling process and various sensors to ascertain the perimeter.
The I-Shovel is designed to “wake up” and shovel snow whenever it senses a reasonable accumulation of snow so you can wake up to a cleared driveway.
The shoveling mechanism has a relatively low power consumption (operates on batteries) and no dangerous moving parts, enabling it to operate unattended or when kids are playing in the snow.
The ability to wake up to a snow free driveway often drives people to install heated driveways which are much more expensive to own and require a lot of needless energy consumption. The most ‘green’ option for clearing your driveway remains the humble snow shovel but this is how to avoid shoveling it yourself. Now if you could charge the batteries from a renewable energy source…
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