[voakbasda]

Wrong market. Make a model for farmers and rural citizens that don't care about the look of a rough cut. We just need to cut down a lot of grass regularly to prevent those areas from becoming a breeding ground for insects and rodents.

Then use your revenues to iterate on a version for people that want a lawn that looks like plastic.

[mathgladiator]

Bingo, when I had two acres, I would have installed a shed for the thing to home in on and then let it run every other day. I had lots of problems with some weeds which if were nipped in the bud early, then I'd have a nice yard.

The only downside is that I'd need decent monitoring to alert me that I need to intervene before a serious mow is needed.

[blorenz]

I'm the target demographic here. I have 5 acres of mostly non-wooded property. I just need it cut and don't care for striping or any of that. I was mowing with a zero turn with 48" deck. Last year we upgraded to a much bigger deck and the old 0turn sits idle. I wanted to tinker with it and do something similar to this to at least mow the "back 40" where there isn't much to navigate around.

[GLGirty]

Have you considered a low maintenance cover crop like no-mow grass or clover? They look like a good idea on paper, but are there side effects that are more trouble than the work of 'modern' lawn care?

[voakbasda]

All of my grass is native, not a cultivated lawn. I also have a lot of acreage, and a cover crop would be prohibitively expensive to prep and seed.

Even if you can establish a perennial crop, the native grass can still creep back in and outcompete it. And if it can keep the grass down, the cover crop necessarily will grow enough to create the aforementioned problems with pests. You still gotta mow it periodically to keep everything under control.