{"id":232296,"date":"2022-07-25T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T12:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=118872"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T12:56:21","slug":"the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curiosity Rover turns 10 and finally gets the celebration it deserves \u2013 thanks to fellow robots on earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118873\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=118873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-118873 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118873 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mars Planet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the love of engineering, Husqvarna, the market leader in robotic lawn mowers, has decided to give the Mars Curiosity Rover the birthday celebration it deserves. Husqvarna has updated over 100,000 robotic lawn mowers to enable them sing Happy Birthday on 5 August, the Curiosity\u2019s 10th anniversary on Mars. From a choir of robots on earth to the loneliest robot in the universe \u2013 Happy Birthday!<\/p>\n<p>Curiosity is the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to Mars. On its very first birthday on Mars, it was engineered to sing Happy Birthday \u2013 to itself. In order to save on its batteries, its birthdays have passed unnoticed ever since. But this year there will be a change. Husqvarna has developed an update for its robotic Automower\u00d2 lawn mower, enabling it to sing Happy Birthday. The update is available to a total of 100,000 Automower\u00d2, of models 405X, 415X and 435X AWD. The initiative is fuelled by Husqvarna\u00b4s long history of engineering and innovation, where robotic lawn mowers have played an important role in the company\u00b4s success.<\/p>\n<p>We are a large group of tech nerds and engineers working at Husqvarna and sometimes we test new technology just because it\u00b4s our passion. So we have this alarm module on the Automower\u00d2 robotic mower, and we started to play around with it to see if we could do something fun. Meanwhile we heard about the upcoming birthday of the rover on Mars. And from there the idea was born. For us this is a way to pay homage to the great engineering work of NASA by letting our robotic mowers celebrate a fellow robot. Because nobody should have to sing Happy Birthday to themselves, right?, says Bj\u00f6rn Mannefred, Robotics Software Manager at Husqvarna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alarm system as singing voice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The technology is based on the Automower\u00d2 robotic mower\u00b4s existing alarm signal. In this case Husqvarna uses the integration platform IFTTT to enable the mowers sing Happy Birthday. Husqvarna has been working with IoT and external third-party solutions for years, for instance together with Google Home, Amazon Alexa and IFTTT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 For a long time, we have been building an infrastructure where different modules can be added and combined to our robotic mowers to create new and innovative solutions for our customers. As the Curiosity\u2019s birthday came up, all the building blocks were already there. And as our robots on earth are so loved and so much part of family life, we thought we\u00b4d extend that love all the way into space, says Linda Lindqvist, Product Manager Robotics at Husqvarna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to join the choir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users will be notified about the update through the Husqvarna Automower\u00d2 Connect app where they will be asked to install the update. Consumers can then decide if they want to join the choir. If they accept, the Automower\u00d2 robotic mower will automatically start to sing at 12pm, 3 pm and 6pm (local time) on 5 August, as an homage to Curiosity\u2019s 10-year anniversary on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Following Mars Curiosity Rover\u00b4s Birthday, Husqvarna will make the Happy Birthday song available to owners of the three Automower\u00d2 models permanently from the beginning of September, to add joy to family birthdays.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see the Husqvarna\u00b4s choir of robotic mower sing Happy Birthday? Please click here (https:\/\/youtu.be\/p0_RPlSe344). For more info visit www.husqvarna.com\/happybirthday<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Husqvarna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Husqvarna, a brand within Husqvarna Group, is a market leader in innovative, high-quality and sustainable products and services for shaping green spaces in parks, forests and gardens. Since 1689, Swedish-born Husqvarna has a strong focus on research and development and is a pioneer in robotic lawn mowers and chainsaws. Today, the product portfolio consists of the next generation of robotic mowers, riders, chainsaws and trimmers for professional as well as private use. Sustainable value creation, product innovation and digitalization remain important for the journey ahead. Husqvarna products are sold in more than 100 countries. Husqvarna Group, which also includes Gardena and Husqvarna Construction, has 13 900 employees around the world and net sales in 2021 amounted to SEK 47bn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">33<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/the-curiosity-rover-turns-10-and-finally-gets-the-celebration-it-deserves-thanks-to-fellow-robots-on-earth\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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