An unnamed reader writes "Researchers at the health center of Southern Denmark have modified a Wiimote so that it can control an diligence lawn mower. The project is called Casmobot (Computer Assisted Slope Mowing Robot). 'The Casmobot project is about making grass cutting more efficient,' said Kjeld Jensen, a robotics sleuth at the schooling mash of Southern Denmark who full-fledged the system. It uses a test Wiimote that communicates via Bluetooth to a cerebration machine* and robotics module built into the mower. Actions of the mower are matched to tilt actions of the remote. For example, if you tilt the remote down the mower moves forwards; tilt it up, and it moves backwards, and so on. The Wiimote can be used to control the mower manually or in computer-assisted mode, where the mower uses autonomous navgiation based on RTK GPS positioning to cut larger areas."

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