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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...
Are you sure with the price of the lawn mower? The "yardforce 500 classic" should cost ~300 EUR = ~495 AUD mate.
If only I had a yard, or a house or a flat or....
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.
Very cool! I was trying to work out if you multiple rtk stations (or if that was supported) for instances when a lawn wraps around a house. Looked on discord but not clear.
As far as I have understood, the system just needs data from one rtk station within approximately 10 km to retain 1 cm precision. So if there already is one that close to your home with publicly available data, you might not need any rtk station at all