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Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by dpoloncsak »

bob1029 wrote: post #135

I really like the software & systems aspects of this, but I don't understand how homeowners are making the hardware work in non-ideal situations. It would have to be constantly mowing my lawn in Texas or it would be at risk of trapping itself in a jungle. There is no way a robot mower could deal with 10+ days of growth in the summer. I can stall a 7hp+ 22" mower at practically any speed if I try to cut a full width s…

Like auto-vacuums changed user-habits from vacuuming one a week to running the machine daily, so too will auto-lawn mowers.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by pabs3 »

swores wrote: post #88
pabs3 wrote: post #84

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The GPLv3 does allow profiting off his work though, so that might not be the best choice of license. Especially since hardware vendors often deliberately don't comply with the GPL, and the only recourse is an expensive lawsuit.

> "hardware vendors often deliberately don't comply with the GPL, and the only recourse is an expensive lawsuit." Isn't that unrelated to exact license choice, and going to be the case with any software that's wants to be open source but not allow commercial use? There's no license or wording in a license that can change the fact that, if you let people get the source for non-commercial use, there's nothing except th…

Thats going to be the case with almost any license, people even violate the MIT/BSD licenses. One possible exception is CC0, since it has no conditions.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

goda90 wrote: post #134
lars_francke wrote: post #44

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Please don't run them at night to protect animals like hedgehogs and others that are active at night.

Even better is to turn most of your lawn into natural landscape, leaving just the part you want to use for recreation as mowed.

This is highly dependent on where you live and what kind of creatures and insects you will be hosting.

I’m a big fan of natural landscaping, but just letting your grass over grow is not that.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

alias_neo wrote: post #73
lukan wrote: post #72

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Anything having lots of rpm ain't silent. Especially not at night. So they surely ain't as loud as a combustion lawn mower and are pretty silent in comparison, so maybe you won't notice them in the city with its background noise. But in rural areas I perceive them as noisy even on daylight with normal noise level. And I never saw anyone using them at night - for a reason. And as for gp .. he is already shadowbanned a…

Yeah, in that case, this sounds like a horrific idea. I could hear a neighbours smoke alarm beeping periodically due to low battery the other night and went around to replace the battery for them the next day. Also, I wasn't aware of the showdead setting (and had no idea about the answer that had been hidden), thanks for the tip.

chrip

There’s a growing discovery on YouTube and TikTok videos, that some people just live like this.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by DonHopkins »

sitkack wrote: post #8
DonHopkins wrote: post #6

Two discussions about Larry Ellison battling it out for 14th and 15th place: 14. An IRC-Enabled Lawn Mower (idlerpg.net) 15. OpenMower – An Open Source Lawn Mower (github.com/clemenselflein)

You wouldn't anthropomorphize a lawn mower would you?

Mowagotchi!

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by goda90 »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #143
goda90 wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even better is to turn most of your lawn into natural landscape, leaving just the part you want to use for recreation as mowed.

This is highly dependent on where you live and what kind of creatures and insects you will be hosting. I’m a big fan of natural landscaping, but just letting your grass over grow is not that.

I didn't say "just let it grow over" though. Turn it into natural landscape except the part you need for recreation. In many places people almost never play or sit in their front yard, for example. If you make that a natural landscape you might have to mow it once or less per year depending on what you actually plant.

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by WillAdams »

Finnucane wrote: post #101
WillAdams wrote: post #5

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My solution has been even simpler --- I just use a reel mower (on an admittedly small lawn, ~1/3rd of an acre) --- it's a decent workout, esp. when I strive to finish quickly. (the one time I asked my son to cut the grass he broke the reel mower)

Another reel mower user here. But our, uh, lawn, I guess you'd call it, has maybe 300 sq. ft of grass. Well, mostly grass. There's other stuff in there that I'm pretty sure is not grass? Come to think of it, 'mostly' grass at this point is a bit of an exaggeration. Also, in the spring violets. Which I leave for the bees until June. Rabbits come and help out too.

When I was a kid, mowing my father's lawn w/ a riding mower, I always detoured around the violets in the spring... these days, I will usually dig up and transplant any volunteers from the yard to the nearest suitable garden bed with open space.

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Post by k7sune »

albertzeyer wrote: post #119

> 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 recently (a few weeks ago) bought one. While researching on the available options (which seemed relevant to me), actually almost none of the robots work this way. Most of them systematically go through the lawn. I think fro…

Wouldn’t it be kidnapped easily if it doesn’t use wires or GPS?

Re: OpenMower – An open source lawn mower

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Post by aaron695 »

Nursie wrote: post #65
aaron695 wrote: post #7

Here's what robotic mowers blades look like to understand how they work - https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676d76e61268a4... We just got a Sunseeker X7 to do ~4 acres of grassed area but probably ~2 acres will be garden beds and roads etc The hardware is there, it's all software now. People talk about updates and the robot improved amazingly, comments like - "these scuffs are from pre-update" These are E…

I’ve been watching the “Lymow One” with great interest because it appears a lot more rugged and it uses actual mower-style blades rather than the rotating-disc-and-razors model. Also claims to be able to take care of 1.7 acres, which is about spot on what I need. It’s still pretty new though, and it's a kickstarter from a new company so not much trust yet.

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