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Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots!

11 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 4 stories, 7 comments · first 2022-04-13 · latest 2026-07-03

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  1. something that might be up your alley called OpenMower https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower
    comment by mrbigbob · 2026-07-03 · in Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself
  2. I had posted this several years back trying to figure out options in NA without much luck: https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/issues/8 Sounds like the hardware platform isn't available anywhere at all now.
    comment by luma · 2025-08-19 · in OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
  3. …compliant license, since it discriminates against a field of use (commercial applications). https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/blob/main/LICENS... https://opensourcedefinition.org/ A reminder, open source means surrendering your…
    comment by pabs3 · 2025-08-19 · in OpenMower – An open source lawn mower
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    story by rickcarlino · 2025-08-19 · 190 comments
  5. Have you seen OpenMower? https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower
    comment by tstrimple · 2022-08-30 · in Remotely Controlled Lawn Tractor
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    story by rcarmo · 2022-04-23 · 0 comments
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    story by taf2 · 2022-04-22 · 0 comments
  8. …to ask your questions in my Discord before you start building your own robotic lawn mower. https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSF04i3zNGw
    comment by diederikm · 2022-04-19 · in OpenMower Open Source DIY Smart GPS Robotic Mower
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    story by diederikm · 2022-04-19 · 1 comment
  10. …small nitpick: OpenMower is not FOSS as it's restrictively licensed prohibiting commercial use ( https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower/blob/main/LICENS... ).
    comment by krasin · 2022-04-14 · in OpenMower – Open-source robot lawn mower [video]
  11. https://github.com/ClemensElflein/OpenMower for the code.
    comment by daenney · 2022-04-13 · in OpenMower – Open-source robot lawn mower [video]