starting up

this is about my epic journey to build a robotic lawnmower. I am starting with a several phased plan as I have limited time and resources to devote to the project. Initially the project aims to do the following:

1. Run self contained (no starting and/or stopping it)
2. Mow my back yard
3. Include object avoidance
4. Have a safety trigger for a dead stop
5. Scale to run in the front yard.