We thought the rider fell off or something and it was going to crash. Then it turned and kept mowing. Park Roomba!
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this post was submitted on 01 May 2024
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It's more likely remote controlled. There's probably a guy with a controller near by. They've been around for a couple of decades now, but are generally only used where an angle is too steep or too close to a highway or cliff face.
From another reply:
https://www.wrightmfg.com/products/mowers/commercial/stand-on/robotic-zk/
Seems it's fully Self-driving (at least, following a map/defined boundaries)