Remember Roomba? The robotic vacuum that toils away cleaning your carpets while you play?

Robot Stock News reports that Roombas maker, Irobot is moving forward with plans for similar device that will soon mow your lawn… The long rumored Mowba!

Some of the features include the ability for the robot to automatically avoid hard surfaces, water and other barriers and sense uncut grass so it can properly align the cutters.

Among the other cool features:

• A possible edge trimmer along the outside edge of the chassis;
• The possibility of collecting clippings and depositing them at a specified location;
• The possibility of using RFID tags or proximity sensors to avoid running into pets or people
• The possibility of learning your lawn in the first cutting and remembering it for future cuttings;
• The inclusion of grass-combing technology to ensure that the grass is fluffed and properly oriented for cutting.

For more information and a look at the plans, visit Robot Stock News.