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’ve heard the wires are a pain and tend to break. I’m definitely erring towards one using GPS.
Your mileage may vary… I’ve used mine for 5ish years, no problems with the wire apart from seasonal stripping and re-terminating the ends due to corrosion. My neighbour have up on his wire based one after a few seasons because the wire somehow broke over every winter.
In addition to GPS based one, I believe there are also some camera based ones these days.
I’ve had 2 different brands, and once the wire is placed just right, it just works.
Placing the wire is not that much work in the first place, and then some minor adjustments in the first few days or weeks to get around corners better. Easy.
For me, wire breaks happen every couple of months.
Some utility digs into the easement, maybe breaks it then, but maybe somehow nicks it so it corrodes and falls randomly later. Sometimes I’ve no idea how it would have broken after finding the break.
My lawn is fully enclosed property, so the only breakage is caused by myself 🤦