Best Motors for Robotic Lawnmower

Good Morning, another question for my Son who is doing A level Engineering, He has started making a Robotic Lawnmower he has created a prototype that runs using DC motors and an Arduino board. he is am having trouble programming the DC motors to rotate to a certain degree, for when the lawnmower hits the perimeter wire. He has done some research and thinks this is because of the DC motors. Could anyone advice an alternative solution (Continuous Servo?)

Many Thanks in advance
David

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Hi @dcrane7 !

I wouldn’t use servo motors for this.

I would use brushless DC or gearmotor.

See here some examples:
Motors and Drives for Robotic Mowers | ElectroCraft.

These look like a professional motors and similar products can be found on RobotShop website: Brushless DC Motors - RobotShop