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For the last year I worked on an open source robotic mower. Today I finally finished a quick video to introduce the project!
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For the last year I worked on an open source robotic mower. Today I finally finished a quick video to introduce the project!
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I love that the learning phase can be done via a standard game controller.
You can find the hardware and software in my GitHub repository: [https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower](https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower)
If you want to build your own version, feel free to join my Discord server. Since this is quite a complex and expensive project, I think that you should ask your questions before committing to it.
I can’t find a mower in the US nearly as cheap as the one you found. I’d love to do this mod though! Thanks so much for implementing this and sharing!!
Super cool. I would eventually love to see open-source tools in the agricultural space too
Does the robot have an ability to detect toys or sticks that might be in its path?
How do you deal with gps drift and inaccurate GPS locations?
Do you plan on manufacturing PCBs for the main board?
I am coming from a Landroid and if this works, you have solved the two issues I hate most: 1. Perimeter wire and 2. Random mowing.
Is this ready to be built? How much for all the components?
Great idea and all, but attaching blades to an autonomous vehicle might not be an amazing idea (not because its impractical, but because people are stupid)
I need this!
All you need is an Arduino, a RasPi, and a commercial robot mower!
Oh my god this makes me irrationally excited to not have to mow my future lawn
My children do not exist yet they weep with joy
I can’t handle the weeds and debris in that lawn
Nicely done!! This is a shockingly hard problem. My senior design project was building a robot lawnmower. ION put on a robotic lawnmower competition at the college level from 2009-2012 (ish, dates might be off), and it was interesting seeing the various different solutions the teams would bring.
There are some pretty good videos out there on YouTube, although it has gotten harder to find them.
Edit: I posted this as a lot of these university teams published a substantial amount of technical detail from their projects. Everything from mechanical designs, to cutter/blade deck designs, and software (including algorithms used for sensor fusion, path planning, etc).
If there is anyone working on this kind of project, there is likely some good and useful info stashed in those project pages.
Very cool! You should cross post this to /r/homeautomation! The community there would love this project.
if you like this than you’re gonna LOVE BATTLEBOTS
I have just been chatting w/ the good folks at Cleva who do robotic mowers and will defo be putting this video in front of them.