"Grazer" logo animation created in AfterEffects®.
Inspired by the blood, sweat, and tears that are shed mowing the lawn on a hot summer's day, "Grazer" is an automated robotic system that continuously cuts the grass and mulches your pasture. They say, "time is money" and time-saving robots like this may soon be the smartest lawn-care investment a homeowner can make. "Grazer" truly lives up to its name-increasing the average amount of time spent caring for a normal-sized lawn by over 1,600% ...resulting in a pristine, carpet-like appearance - even during the Fall!
"Safe-Blade" system
Equipped with SIX 2-inch, ultra-lightweight blades that rotate freely on their own independent axis ...this may be the gentlest lawn-mowing product ever imagined. When both sets of 3 blades are rotating at full-speed, the blades extend out to their "cutting" position by centrifugal force. But because they are so light - there is not enough momentum behind the blades themselves to damage anything more dense than a bag of leaves. Meaning there is little threat to you, your children, your pets, those stubborn sprinkler heads, or any items that may be lying in your lawn.
ABOVE: 1:1 FoamCore appearance model + Work-In-Progress images.
After piecing together a functional replica of my safety-blade design, I secured it within my FoamCore model, drilling a hole just above its' main axis, so that the observer could spin the motor by hand. To achieve the required 1:1 scale, I built only the right hemisphere of my product and positioned it against a one-way mirror - this enabled the full body of my product to be seen in the reflection of the mirror, and it allowed the observer to see how the safety-blades worked: spinning outward, making contact with the one-way mirror, and rebounding freely upon their own axis, before returning to the extended "cutting" position.
ABOVE: Product sketches + Charging station & key componentry.
BELOW: contextual Photoshop rendering
