I’ve been following the project for a year now and Clemens Elflein has actually managed to get the topic off the ground professionally. Recently, his kit is available, with which you can upgrade a cheap Yardforce robotic mower to GPS support. This eliminates the need to lay boundary wires.

https://openmower.de/

    • MrFloppy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Are you sure with the price of the lawn mower? The “yardforce 500 classic” should cost ~300 EUR = ~495 AUD mate.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you are interested in RTK and the practical aspects of the hardware use, check out https://discourse.agopengps.com for a bunch of farmers that use it on an opensource autosteer system.

    I also have a group buy running there for the Micro ardusimple units going that’s waiting to hit 50 units for a substantial discount if you’re in no hurry to get one for your project.

  • Alfiegerner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Very cool! I was trying to work out if you multiple rtk stations (or if that was supported) for instances when a lawn wraps around a house. Looked on discord but not clear.

    • Chreutz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      As far as I have understood, the system just needs data from one rtk station within approximately 10 km to retain 1 cm precision. So if there already is one that close to your home with publicly available data, you might not need any rtk station at all