Anyone have any current recommendations for an open source (or one that works without internet) robot lawnmower?
I’ve got 1,300m3 of grass around my house and it’s been a pain to cut with a push mower.
So far I’ve only seen:
My issue with the openmower one is that I don’t know how to solder and I’m too afraid I’ll break some very expensive components, so it would be nice if I could buy something mostly pre-built.
As for repalmaker, I worry not having GPS won’t work since my garden is quite large and a robot bouncing around randomly would probably never finish, I also have a separate front and back (there’s a path between them) and I’d like the robot to finish one area then, go to the other area by itself.
Anyone seen any other options available?
The biggest hurdle I’ve ran into is that GPS resolution just isn’t accurate enough. If you want something that can follow a planned route without having to rely on a bunch of obstacle avoidance (which is difficult enough in itself) then you’ll have to set up some sort of local RTK in conjunction with the GPS.
Currently I’m just setting my mower up like a FPV drone that I can drive around remotely from the comfort of air conditioning. Hoping someone comes out with a good automated solution.
Some more projects here: https://hackaday.com/blog/?s=lawnmower
Maybe skip the first one (running DooM on your lawnmower), I don’t think that will help.
Speak for yourself. I need my lawn mower angry enough to cut down trees.
You want an open source, complete system? If you are not willing to do it yourself, the only chance I see is paying someone to do it for you.
Just because the software is open source doesn’t means a product running it is going to be free. Heck, even some FOSS projects have financial contributors who get perks like software support, access to pre-released software, and input into feature development.
So are there open source lawn mowers then?