ClemensElflein/OpenMower
Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots!
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Where it stands
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1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 56 days ago, with 13 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 28% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Upgrades inexpensive off-the-shelf robotic lawn mowers to smart, autonomous robots using RTK GPS and custom firmware.
- Enables precise, wire-free lawn mowing with advanced path planning and safety features at a lower cost than commercial alternatives.
- Use for DIY enthusiasts wanting to convert a YardForce Classic 500 mower into a GPS-guided autonomous robot.
- Use for developers seeking an open hardware and firmware platform to experiment with robotic lawn mower automation.
- Use for researchers or hobbyists interested in integrating ROS-based control and sensor fusion for outdoor robotics.
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From the README
Hello! With a background in software engineering, embedded programming, hardware design, and robotics, I'm on the lookout for new challenges. If you're in search of someone with my skills, let's team up and create something amazing! https://x-tech.online/
If you want to see a quick overview, you can check out this video:
Let's be honest: The current generation of robotic lawn mowers sucks. Basically all of these bots drive in a random direction until they hit the border of the lawn, rotate for a randomized duration and repeat. I think we can do better!
Therefore, we have disassembled the cheapest off-the-shelf robotic mower we could find (YardForce Classic 500) and were surprised that the hardware itself is actually quite decent:
The bottom line is: The bot itself is surprisingly high quality and doesn't need to be changed at all. We just need some better software in there.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
412+8
Open issues
11-1
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| ClemensElflein/OpenMower | 6.8K | — | 35 | 56 days ago |
| Category median | 116.8K | +5.1K | 60 | — |
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