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.
$490 AUD for the kit, and I still need to buy the original mower to modify…
The original mower will cost $1165 AUD
So $1655 for the whole solution…
Are you sure with the price of the lawn mower? The “yardforce 500 classic” should cost ~300 EUR = ~495 AUD mate.
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.
Do you have a link to this new kit?
If only I had a yard, or a house or a flat or…
I’ve been following this for a while because even though I have a small lawn, lawncare is easily one of my least favorite activities.
I also would suggest thi8s gets reposted to other tool/gardening/homeowner related subs too.
