My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

And if you get a second mower will you be able to get power to that second location without cutting the driveway?

Looking to go the robot route for my front lawn. I explored this the year before last but decided against it because I have a fence between front and back, and didn't want to cut a hole in it. Ended up buying an Ego self propelled mover instead.

I now just want a robot for the front lawn (200 - 250sq.m). Gentle slope with a 2.5m wide slope 30 - 40 degrees at the front, but the slope could be cut with the regular mower.

The lawn surface is bumpy with little pockets from horses in the lawn before we bought the house. Grass is quite tough in places and there is a lot of moss, which we are trying to address.

Using a strimmer I want to setup the boundary wire by outlining the boundary wire position with string, cut a trench an inch or so deep and laying the wire into it.

I have no boundary fence at the front so it would be easy to steal it. I need some sort of GPS. I live in a very exposed coastal area.

Although the Ego lawnmower is fine, I have a disability and carting bags of grass around is too much, I need a robot. I am leaning towards Landroid or Landxcape, and I am familiar with my robot center. Its a simple lawn and I need to keep costs as low as possible.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF04i3zNGw saw this on YouTube and I have to say it looks very interesting. Openmow uses raspberry pi and rtk GPS to do without the need for buried guide wires. It can therefore work with several distinct lawns.

There was also a suggestion that they might incorporate a garage door opener so that it could live inside.

All very interesting for the tinkerers amongst us.

Yes

Does it not already have expansion joints?

They're vital to prevent the entire slab from having uncontrolled cracks. I can't understand how they're eyesores.

In any case, I think you might have no choice but to cut the slot in the slab if you want a neat solution. You can get tubs of grout like this to hide and fill the gap. https://irl.sika.com/en/construction/concrete-repair/cementitious-grouts/sikadur-42-he.html

Has anyone used mailboxde to purchase a robot lawnmower from Germany? Was looking at getting model below but not shipping directly to Ireland.

https://www.mailboxde.com/

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0913J9BTB?linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&creativeASIN=B0913J9BTB&tag=geizhals1-21&ascsubtag=ZM631cBujkwHM3YUmqHt5w

Part of my cable was put underground by the installer, and then I did an extension where I laid the cable on the surface myself.

In 4 years nearly all my breaks have been in the buried cable, I think the reason is because the trencher that the installer used laid the cable over some tree roots which have since grown and put stress on the cable. So having stronger cable maybe better if you have lots of trees in the garden.

seems to function similarly to the segway.

how much is it?

Oh right. Thankfully I've had no such problems as I buried most of mine about 20mm deep with a spade.

I changed the blades on my Husquvarna last - didn't realise that the blades I had spare were the Endurance ones - the wife had picked them up a few months ago. The difference is really noticeable .. seems to give a much better and cleaner cut

No offense. But you don't understand engineering then.

You should have opted for tarmac surface. if you wanted one continuous drive. Concrete that's not possible.

Expansion slots are clean. Especially when done correctly. They are also a prerequisite.

I have a Stihl robot. It was the most expensive one.

I would not buy one again.

They emailed me a few weeks ago offering me one for review. After exchanging a few emails, they stopped replying to me. In my last email I listed out the terms of how I would do the review, so I'm guessing they were not happy with them. I thought they were reasonable, so it makes me question the legitimateness of the whole thing.

The two points I think they would have a problem with was

• They would have no input to the video or the script. They could provide talking points if they wished, but I may not use them
• I would have to make it clear I received the item for free and I would also to provide a very clear warning to my viewers about the risks of crowdfunding a project.

They were probably right not to send me one, because there is absolutely no way I would recommend kickstarting something that costs $1500, no matter how much I liked it