On August 5, the world’s Husqvarna mowers will tune in and play Happy Birthday to their robotic colleague the Curiosity Rover, which landed on Mars exactly ten years ago.
The Curiosity Rover was perhaps our solar system’s loneliest robot when it landed on Mars on August 5, 2012. It may have felt even lonelier when it played Happy Birthday to itself from inside a crater on the one-year anniversary of its landing.
As a tribute to their colleague on Mars, over 100,000 robotic lawnmowers from Husqvarna will collectively play Happy Birthday three times on August 5; at 12, 15 and 18, local time. Husqvarna announces it in one press release.
Software update required
For this to happen, a software update is required for the three models 405X, 415X and 435X AWD. The melody will be played through the robotic lawnmower’s buzzer, which is normally used for alarms and other warning sounds. After the congratulations 56 million kilometers away, the robotic lawnmowers will also be able to congratulate their owners on their birthdays here on Earth.
Incidentally, the Curiosity Rover continues to make discoveries – despite its age, and despite the fact that it has been joined by the new rover Perseverance. As recently as the other week, Curiosity found new signs of ancient water flows on Mars.
Footnote: The original files for Curiosity’s congratulatory song are available for download at NASA website
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