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Full local/open source lawnmower? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Torn. This is clearly a cool idea, and it would save a lot of work (which I would immediately offset with all the work putting it together) But then it will be that much easier to keep a traditional lawn going, which I'd love to get away from over the long term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a great point I didn't even think about. It would be a lot of work up front but it would be much cheaper and less maintenance for me to dig up the grass and plant native plants like clover.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Of course don't let me dissuade you. My wife would much prefer a robo mower with "normal" lawn over a no-lawn solution