Does anyone have much experience with robot lawnmowers? I’ve been considering one, but trying to find info now involves digging through a lot of AI slop.
Id prefer one that plays nicely with HA, as well as not internet dependant. It’s also for a small garden (50m²).
The best bet I’ve seen so far is to modify a yardforce mower with open mower. What other (good) options are there?
Edit to add:
I ended up going with the Worx Landroid Vision. I’m quite pleased with it. It’s not perfect but it’s flaws are reasonable. It doesn’t do edging very well, unless you tell it to explicitly. It’s mow pattern is also upsetting. It wanders in a semi random pattern. It gets everywhere evenly, but the OCD part of my brain doesn’t like how! It also didn’t bother stopping when the weather got too cold. That might have been my fault however. I built it a little shed, so it couldn’t sense the rain.
I use a Mammotion Mini for my backyard which I got at a pretty big discount during Memorial Day sales. I don’t have HA, but it seems there’s some work going on for integration: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/mammotion-luba-integration/604662/63.
It does require internet access though, and I put it in my isolated guest vlan to be safe. I haven’t tried running it without an internet connection yet. Obviously this doesn’t meet all your requirements, but I can at least attest that the mower itself is pretty good. Good luck on your search!
The Home-Assistant integration for Mammotion works very well. It’s a local integration and you can block internet access for the mower (and base station) afterwards if you like to.
Definitely worth looking into. I get nervous of online required hardware. It has a tendency to brick.