Poll: would a Tesla vision operated lawnmower (perhaps via licensing) make a good low hanging fruit mvp for FSD?

[Tiger]

Is the concept of a Tesla-controlled lawnmower that leverages Tesla's self-driving technology a worthy idea?

In addition to autonomously trimming the lawn, it would offer offering a safe testing ground for Tesla Vision. Lessons learned could be useful at least for Summon and Optimus, and perhaps Full Self-Driving in general.

What do you think, yei or nei? It could bring welcome competition to the lawn mower arena. Heck, why not license it for robot vacuums as well?

 

[brkaus]

Wouldn't really apply much to vision on a street like environment.

 

[Silicon Desert]

Might be more reliable to ask Stevie Wonder to mow the lawn.

 

[Dracaris]

You'd have to call it FGM (Full Grass Mowing). Sadly, I wouldn't be willing to pay $15K for that feature on a lawn mower, haha.
However, if I recall correctly, there's already at least one lawnmower bot out there on the market today?

 

[JulienW]

Tesla Vision is software for street driving and identifies things like roads, lanes, lines, cars, VRUs, traffic, Stop and speed limit signs. How would any of this relate to a lawn mower since the software is written for cars? Oh it does recognize trash cans so I guess that is a plus.

 

[JB47394]

Is the concept of a Tesla-controlled lawnmower that leverages Tesla's self-driving technology a worthy idea?

A lawn just isn't a dynamic enough environment to warrant all that processing. Just mow the lawn once manually, record as you go, and play back that mowing repeatedly. There are mowers that do this.

 

[legendsk]

My $40 existing mower is a little marginal and a $15,000 software upgrade would really be sweet. Plus, it doesn't have windshield wipers, so dry wipes won't be a problem. And a press release that Tesla is negotiating with Toro and John Deere to offer FSD for selected models would surely give my stock a nice bump.

 

[Dracaris]

Hey, sure enough, there's plenty of lawn mowing robots out there: The Best Robot Lawn Mowers for 2023

 

[MidBaz]

Hey, sure enough, there's plenty of lawn mowing robots out there: The Best Robot Lawn Mowers for 2023

Tesla Vision controlling something with sharp, spinning cutting blades. Oh My Lord nooooooooooooo!

 

[SalisburySam]

Oh great! Now my Ego self-propelled mower with TV includes the added phantom braking option. Just what I need in a mower.