Antitheft system and method for robotic garden tools

Abstract

An anti-theft system includes a robotic garden tool including a housing and a set of wheels coupled to the housing and configured to rotate to propel the robotic garden tool on a work surface. The robotic garden tool further includes at least one wheel motor coupled to one or more wheels of the set of wheels, the at least one wheel motor for driving rotation of the one or more wheels. The robotic garden tool further includes a first electronic processor configured to detect a potential theft event associated with the robotic garden tool. The first electronic processor may be further configured to take an anti-theft action in response to detecting a potential theft event. The anti-theft action may include stopping at least one operation of the robotic garden tool until the first electronic processor receives a code indicating that the potential theft event should be ignored.

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