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Parley Golf Centre in Dorset has recruited two new hard-working ‘members of staff’ – a pair of robots.
One of its new ’employees’ – dubbed the Mowbot – spends its life cutting the grass on the range.
The other drives itself around scooping up the range balls and, when it has 300, deposits them at its docking station where they are automatically rinsed before being fired back to the range for a proper wash and to be returned to the ball-dispensing machine.
The automation of the range saves time, increases safety, and Darly Dampney, manager of the centre says the reaction of members and visitors has been positive.
With a major £250,000 investment programme underway to turn the centre opposite Bournemouth Airport into the finest practice facility in the region, the robots free up staff for developing the new course and for other innovations.
Created by Automated Managed Services under the ‘TrueBot’ brand, the robots are thought to be the only ones working in the region. They are about four feet across and run quietly over the grass.
Daryl Dampney, added: “We recently introduced a state-of-the-art simulator and now we’ve brought in the robots because we want to continue innovating.
“The robots save a huge amount of time and money we can just leave them to it all day without having to worry about the range.
“It means our ground staff can concentrate on developing the new course and the other practice facilities we are bringing to the centre.
“There are wires buried around the range and the robots are programmed to sweep the area inside them.
“The ball collector robot goes most often to the places where the majority of balls land and it can be controlled by text message.”
