Snow-blower

A new Kickstarter project, Yarbo M is a modular robot designed to handle snow clearing, grass mowing/trimming, and debris collection – and it can quietly finish the job before you even wake up.

There are already several autonomous robots that mow grass, and even a few that clear snow. The modular Yarbo robot, however, can tend to both grass and snow, plus it can blow away dead leaves or other debris.

Although using a snow blower may be easier than shovelling, even pushing a blower around can be tiring if you have a large area to clear. That's where the Snowbot S1 comes in – it's a snow-blowing robot that's designed to do the job all on its own.

Canadian eco-enthusiast Dan Baker has converted a golf cart into an effective electric snow-blowing machine.