# Mowzilla: My Self Driving Lawnmower Project

By Savraj Singh · 2024-01-16 · https://www.savraj.co/2024/01/16/Mowzilla-My-Self-Driving-Lawnmower-Project.html

So during the pandemic in 2020, I was at home at my parents house -- and I had some spare time. I also had access to my dad's lawnmower, and as a hardware and software engineer, I had no choice but to largely automate the monotony of lawn mowing. So I went about it. Here's how I did it, as a youtube video:

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Some bonus content, that I didn't include in the video:

- Tuning the parameters on the Ardupilot controller was a tricky trial and error process, but when achieved, it worked quite well.
- I had the opportunity to meet Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Mag and the founder of [diydrones](https://www.diydrones.com) at Self Racing Cars in California many years ago. He's a great guy!
- It's amazing how powerful Ardupilot actually is! Looking forward to making an even better version of this!