1991/2002 – Floorbotics Robotic Vacuum Cleaners – G. T. Duncan Ashworth (Australian)

The FloorBot is a robotic floor cleaner for the home. It's designed to automatically clean the floor while you relax, get a little exercise, or just head off for work. Press the start button and the FloorBot cleans in logical laps while sensing and navigating any obstacles in the area. When the FloorBot has finished …

1959 – Webb Radio-controlled Electric Lawnmower – Vic Rigby (British)

ROBOT GARDENING Selected Originals – ROYALTY SEE FLOWER SHOW 1583.19 | Selected Originals – ROYALTY SEE FLOWER SHOW (1:41:04:00 – 1:45:47:00) 28/05/1959 Robot lawn mower Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "Royalty See Flower Show" 59/43. Various shots Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) and Princess Margaret. Various shots Princess …

1958 – Voice-controlled Lawn Mower – Concept (American)

Image Source: Corbis. Electricity may do your yard work. One day, by simply speaking into a microphone, you may be able to command an electric "gardener" to mow the grass, cultivate the flower beds, trim the hedge and do other yard work. And all the while you'll be relaxing in the shade. Power companies build …

1959 – Lawn Mower (Concept) – Arthur Radebaugh (American)

Arthur Radebaugh was a futurist illustrator, airbrush artist, and industrial designer. He produced a significant body of work for automotive industry advertisements. He was noted for his artistic experimentation with fluorescent paint under black light, an interest that stemmed from his design work for the U.S. Army. From 1958 to 1962 he produced the syndicated …

1950 – REO Remote-control Lawn Mower – Paul Rosenberg (American)

Source: Life Magazine, 26 Jun 1950 WITH A REO SALESMAN AT THE REMOTE CONTROLS, THE MOWER DOES FIGURE EIGHTS AND LOOPS ON THE TURF AT MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE'S STADIUM LAZY MAN'S MOWER It can cut a lawn or a figure 8, all by one-watt remote control Partly to sound out the market and partly because …