Greenzie released its fourth annual major software upgrade or 4.0.
All Greenzie-equipped mowers globally receive these over the air updates, unlocking increased efficiency and productivity for landscaper customers already saving on rising labor costs.
“The Greenzie 4.0 software is a huge step forward in autonomous mowing technology, offering enhancements that respond directly to customer feedback,” said Charles Brian Quinn, Greenzie co-founder and CEO. “Using our massive trove of autonomous mowing data and our work on safety standards, we’ve improved how our mowers map jobs, improved y-turns, simplified the user interface, and frankly fixed lots of issues causing stops in the field, so the 2025 mowing season will be better than ever for Greenzie customers and our Robotic Ready partner manufacturers. And our AI/ML efforts are bolstering our rave-review-garnering customer support programs.”
The new update installs automatically in seconds and features four major customer-inspired performance boosts: mapping closer to obstacles, a refined user interface, smoother mowing with less turf damage and reliability improvements to reduce unnecessary stops. Additionally, Robotic Ready manufacturing partners gain access to AI/ML tooling Greenzie has been using internally to improve the customer experience and provide insights to customers on their savings, job efficiency, and return on investment.
Details on the updates include:
- Mapping closer to obstacles. Greenzie has redefined the mapping process to align with customer needs, while also adhering to evolving safety standards and nomenclature. To enhance efficiency and make operations more user-friendly, Greenzie has restructured the sequence of its mapping and mowing processes, aligning them with the logical approach a human operator would take, but doing it with the precision and efficiency only robotic software can achieve. Now, instead of starting striping, the mower defines an inner boundary to clearly outline the mowable area. Additionally, the mower will outline any keep out zones it encounters while striping, with lines around the obstacle only possible via software control. Once striping is complete, the mower will navigate around the inner boundary to reach the starting position, ready to tackle another job.
- New user interface. The revamped user interface features bolder, larger fonts for easier readability, ultraclear text for effortless navigation and precise boundary demarcation. Plus, it proudly displays the remaining mowing time front and center, so customers always know how much time they have for pipelining activity and maximizing their time on-site. Editing a previously mapped job is now simpler, and users can easily see whether settings are turned on or off. Additionally, the new interface is now multilingual and translated to all languages, thanks to its progressive web app with no app store installation required, and works on any mobile phone or tablet.
- Smoother operation. When mowing autonomously on zero-turn mowers, making perfect nonrutting y-turns is critical to efficiency and health of the turf. Y-turns are the primary area where speed is lost, and the most likely place to see turf damage, especially on slopes. Greenzie built an internal interactive Y-turn editor, coupled with data from over 2.8 billion square feet of turf mowed, to generate optimal, smoother turns that prevent grass rutting. This innovation has led to remarkable improvements in Y-turns, significantly reducing turf damage, even on slopes.
- Improvements for greater reliability. This includes automatically resetting sensors, mitigating hardware disconnects, recovering from cell signal degradation and handling GPS jumps.
