{"video_id":"fp_NHOe0pA8rh","title":"SPONSORED: Man vs Machine: Lawn Mowing Competition - Mammotion Luba 2 AWD Robotic Lawnmower","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2025-07-04T16:47:00.026Z","duration_s":660,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":3.12,"text":"I might only be a man. Small, small man.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.12,"end_s":6.96,"text":"But with one full day of professional lawn mowing experience,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.96,"end_s":11.44,"text":"I think I can kick the ass of that robotic lawn mowing machine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.44,"end_s":13.76,"text":"Yeah, like you could even find its ass, you virgin.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.8,"end_s":21.36,"text":"The Luba 2 All-Wheel Drive 5000X from our sponsor Mimotion will turn you to mulch.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.36,"end_s":24.64,"text":"Is that a challenge? You bet it is. And here's your first one.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.64,"end_s":28.8,"text":"Oh, great. You can mow a lawn, but can you mow a picture?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.52,"end_s":34.56,"text":"And a scale drawing of the LTT logo. Why yes, I think I can. Let's go.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.6,"end_s":47.28,"text":"The first challenge is all about precision. Linus will be using his push mower to mow the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.28,"end_s":52.08,"text":"LTT logo into this random dunes lawn. He doesn't have all day, but the name of the game here is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.08,"end_s":55.76,"text":"precision. So to help him, we provided him with these flags and tape. And we've already set a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.76,"end_s":59.2,"text":"flag in the middle and at the edge of the mowing area, so he has an idea of what the radius is.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.2,"end_s":62.56,"text":"For me, this is easy. I just load up the app where I can change all sorts of settings,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.56,"end_s":67.44,"text":"like the cut height, pattern and mower speed. Then I hit this button and we're off to the races.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":67.44,"end_s":69.28,"text":"Now I'm going to find something refreshing to drink.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.52,"end_s":74.96,"text":"He doesn't even know that we gave him a little measure thing. I just didn't tell him about it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.08,"end_s":79.84,"text":"Damn it. Longer steps. Okay.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.84,"end_s":83.76,"text":"I've calibrated my steps. Every step like this is a meter.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.76,"end_s":88.16,"text":"This is going to be child's play. The play of a child.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":88.16,"end_s":95.68,"text":"Have fun. Your team has the flag. Flag dropped. Your team has the flag. Flag dropped.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":96.4,"end_s":103.28,"text":"Oh, I didn't even know this was here. That would have been helpful or whatever. I'm doing paces now.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.28,"end_s":108.0,"text":"The plan is to map out my landmarks. So that there is this corner of the circle.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.96,"end_s":112.96,"text":"Shut up. Circles can have corners. So far it looks like we're off to a pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":112.96,"end_s":117.2,"text":"winning start with the robot, but I'm worried that once Linus gets going, he's going to have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":117.2,"end_s":121.84,"text":"a lot of speed because look at how fast that thing goes versus if you have something with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.84,"end_s":126.88,"text":"like a big blade that you're pushing. I mean, at least I'm not breaking a sweat out here.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":128.8,"end_s":133.68,"text":"Might not look like much, but I've got the concept of a plan here with eight flags marking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.64,"end_s":138.32,"text":"the eight corners of a circle. Let's see if I can pull this off.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.6,"end_s":142.88,"text":"I mean, if the flag fits, I must have quit, right?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":145.44,"end_s":154.72,"text":"What's he doing? Is he not mowing? Okay. So then straight and gentle curve into this flag,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":154.88,"end_s":164.56,"text":"then steeper curve. What? How does that make any sense? Oh my God, this is way off.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":167.04,"end_s":173.28,"text":"This isn't even close. Oh crap. How's it going chief? Great. Never better. That's good. Oh my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":173.28,"end_s":177.04,"text":"God. Oh God. Okay. I'm not going to look at that. I'm just going to relax real quick.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":179.2,"end_s":182.64,"text":"How do you relax quick? It's not really relaxing if you're doing it quickly.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":183.12,"end_s":186.8,"text":"Boom. Power naps. Boom. Boom.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":190.72,"end_s":193.68,"text":"Oh shoot. It's not even close.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":199.36,"end_s":200.0,"text":"Oh no.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":212.64,"end_s":226.72,"text":"Definitely getting in my steps. I had this idea where I was going to have like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.72,"end_s":230.48,"text":"the whole grid mapped out and everything. I think I give up on that. I just need to get","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":230.48,"end_s":234.32,"text":"the edges of my circle marked. What are you doing? You're taking all your flags out.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.28,"end_s":242.8,"text":"Look, I'm, I tried precision. Now I'm going free ball. See, that's what a robot can't do.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":243.84,"end_s":247.84,"text":"Creativity. I mean, a robot doesn't need to wear underwear. So why would it have to free ball?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":250.4,"end_s":254.64,"text":"That's when you don't wear underwear so your balls. This is how confident I am. I'm just going for it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.2,"end_s":264.24,"text":"Seriously? You might have to lift it up, but you might have to lift it up a little bit. Lift it up.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":264.24,"end_s":266.96,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, the cut height.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":277.84,"end_s":280.8,"text":"Hey Sean, how's my circle? It's, um,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":281.76,"end_s":287.2,"text":"shut up. It's very circular. Um, there's, I don't get it. Is it in there?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":297.12,"end_s":302.64,"text":"There. Can you see it now? It's, uh, you've got to be kidding me. That's a live view. Yeah.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":302.64,"end_s":307.52,"text":"Hey, there's the part of the circle right there. What the hell? I can see it. You can see it and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":307.52,"end_s":311.36,"text":"make it. See, it's right there. You're doing great. We'll fix it in post. Yeah. Don't worry.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":311.36,"end_s":313.68,"text":"I mean, bring it close to your screen. Yeah. Yeah.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.08,"end_s":322.24,"text":"Also what might be, is that your cut height's not super even. The blade might be a little dull.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":322.24,"end_s":324.16,"text":"I did bring a file if you want to sharpen it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":327.92,"end_s":331.6,"text":"I didn't know it was dull. James told me that when I picked it up from him.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":338.0,"end_s":348.64,"text":"I don't know how it happened, but I'm off by a whole meter from center on this side.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":348.64,"end_s":350.24,"text":"So it's going to be kind of egg-shaped.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":352.64,"end_s":360.8,"text":"One, two, three, four, five, six, boom. Linus, it's almost done. It's not about speed, Adam.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.8,"end_s":365.84,"text":"It's about precision. It's a little bit of both. And I think it's more precise than you as well.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.84,"end_s":372.72,"text":"Two and a bit. At this point, the Luba 2 has finished the entire design and is now going to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.72,"end_s":376.64,"text":"go back and forth trying to mow the rest of the lawn. I guess we'll let it get a head start on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.64,"end_s":381.92,"text":"the next challenge. I finalized my plan. I'm going around with flags and then I'm marking where all","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":381.92,"end_s":388.96,"text":"the flags are. This should give me enough landmarks that I can kind of eyeball the rest of it, I think.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":390.08,"end_s":394.0,"text":"Okay, this robot might have been done 10 minutes ago and that might not look like much,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":394.0,"end_s":395.28,"text":"but wait till you see the result.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":397.84,"end_s":408.96,"text":"Is this the L? No? He's putting it upside down. It's okay, we'll fix it in post.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":409.92,"end_s":412.8,"text":"No Ls here, boys. Only Ws.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":417.6,"end_s":422.16,"text":"I'm just going to fluff up this area a bit. Did you accidentally mow too far?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":423.12,"end_s":424.88,"text":"That's why Jesus made erasers, all right.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":432.8,"end_s":437.76,"text":"I'm actually pretty proud of this. It's not bad. It's not perfect, but it's not bad.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":438.32,"end_s":443.28,"text":"It took you about an extra 30 minutes, but from here it looks really good, honestly.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":443.28,"end_s":448.88,"text":"I'm pretty impressed. It's not like as good as the robots, but it's also a stupid competition.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":448.88,"end_s":454.88,"text":"Who would do this? Aliens? I mean, maybe you're stuck on a desert island and all you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":454.88,"end_s":462.4,"text":"have is a robot and a lawn. Right. Okay, this could say SOS. I want a rematch, just mowing the lawn.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":462.4,"end_s":467.12,"text":"Fine, you got a second challenge. Let's do it. I really have to be on my tiptoes too. Okay, fine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":468.8,"end_s":476.24,"text":"Oh man, the camera really doesn't capture it, but it's not bad. It's really not bad.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":476.24,"end_s":479.6,"text":"So you got absolutely destroyed in that first challenge, but you have a chance to make it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":479.6,"end_s":485.52,"text":"up with challenge number two. This is just a full mow. Okay. Time is what's most important,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":485.52,"end_s":490.88,"text":"but precision also matters. I want to see good lines. Okay. Oh yeah. Sweet. Three, two, one, go.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":490.88,"end_s":495.68,"text":"No, that's not, I do it. Three, two, one, go.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":496.56,"end_s":508.8,"text":"Go, go, go faster. Dude, all I'm missing is some cake and then this would be a cake walk.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":508.8,"end_s":515.84,"text":"I'm going to be done so much faster. I've already done as wide a path here, except I've done the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.84,"end_s":521.12,"text":"entire perimeter that wide and it's still just on the first couple of passes. Take that machines,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":521.84,"end_s":527.92,"text":"making Skynet my bitch. Suck it, Adam. Yeah, okay. I'm playing Bellatra right now.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":527.92,"end_s":533.76,"text":"Admittedly, the concentric square D-Leo that I have going on here is a little unconventional,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":534.56,"end_s":538.56,"text":"but I think I'm going to lean into it rather than reverse course at this point.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":551.84,"end_s":558.0,"text":"Hey, do we have another battery for this thing? Did you run out? Oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":558.0,"end_s":561.52,"text":"we should have charged that on our break. He hasn't even moved. He's not,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":562.24,"end_s":567.92,"text":"he's not trying to help at all. Look at, get this. No, I'm trying to pause my robo. It's only fair.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":568.48,"end_s":571.76,"text":"So this bad boy just ran out of battery and that's something you don't have to worry about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":571.76,"end_s":577.28,"text":"with the motion because it will automatically go back to its dock to recharge itself. You don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":577.28,"end_s":591.28,"text":"have to think about it at all. I gotta say, as much as I'm obviously clowning on it in terms of speed,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":591.28,"end_s":596.0,"text":"it's not by as much as I thought. Like that should be done in a couple of hours, I think, right?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":596.88,"end_s":602.24,"text":"Probably less. And I get to just play Bellatro. Flush five, baby.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":613.68,"end_s":620.32,"text":"Let's go. No way. Yeah, what's up now? No, but I put in so little effort.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":620.32,"end_s":624.72,"text":"I'm just upset I didn't get to finish Bellatro in time. Looks good. Good job, Linus.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":625.2,"end_s":632.4,"text":"Thank you. That makes this a tie now. That's a problem. Is it though? Because we didn't have a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":632.4,"end_s":638.88,"text":"tie breaking competition. Here, I have an idea. Whoever paid for this video is the winner. And","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":638.88,"end_s":644.8,"text":"that's our sponsor, Momotion. Way to go, Momotion. You're the winner of today's challenge. Yeah,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":644.8,"end_s":651.2,"text":"but I paid you. In a last minute upset, it turns out that Linus Sebastian is the winner. Way to go,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":651.2,"end_s":657.44,"text":"Linus Sebastian. Momotion paid me. In a last minute, last minute upset, upset, it turns out that Momotion","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":657.44,"end_s":660.32,"text":"is again the winner. Whoo.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"I might only be a man. Small, small man. But with one full day of professional lawn mowing experience, I think I can kick the ass of that robotic lawn mowing machine. Yeah, like you could even find its ass, you virgin. The Luba 2 All-Wheel Drive 5000X from our sponsor Mimotion will turn you to mulch. Is that a challenge? You bet it is. And here's your first one. Oh, great. You can mow a lawn, but can you mow a picture? And a scale drawing of the LTT logo. Why yes, I think I can. Let's go. The first challenge is all about precision. Linus will be using his push mower to mow the LTT logo into this random dunes lawn. He doesn't have all day, but the name of the game here is precision. So to help him, we provided him with these flags and tape. And we've already set a flag in the middle and at the edge of the mowing area, so he has an idea of what the radius is. For me, this is easy. I just load up the app where I can change all sorts of settings, like the cut height, pattern and mower speed. Then I hit this button and we're off to the races. Now I'm going to find something refreshing to drink. He doesn't even know that we gave him a little measure thing. I just didn't tell him about it. Damn it. Longer steps. Okay. I've calibrated my steps. Every step like this is a meter. This is going to be child's play. The play of a child. Have fun. Your team has the flag. Flag dropped. Your team has the flag. Flag dropped. Oh, I didn't even know this was here. That would have been helpful or whatever. I'm doing paces now. The plan is to map out my landmarks. So that there is this corner of the circle. Shut up. Circles can have corners. So far it looks like we're off to a pretty winning start with the robot, but I'm worried that once Linus gets going, he's going to have a lot of speed because look at how fast that thing goes versus if you have something with like a big blade that you're pushing. I mean, at least I'm not breaking a sweat out here. Might not look like much, but I've got the concept of a plan here with eight flags marking the eight corners of a circle. Let's see if I can pull this off. I mean, if the flag fits, I must have quit, right? What's he doing? Is he not mowing? Okay. So then straight and gentle curve into this flag, then steeper curve. What? How does that make any sense? Oh my God, this is way off. This isn't even close. Oh crap. How's it going chief? Great. Never better. That's good. Oh my God. Oh God. Okay. I'm not going to look at that. I'm just going to relax real quick. How do you relax quick? It's not really relaxing if you're doing it quickly. Boom. Power naps. Boom. Boom. Oh shoot. It's not even close. Oh no. Definitely getting in my steps. I had this idea where I was going to have like the whole grid mapped out and everything. I think I give up on that. I just need to get the edges of my circle marked. What are you doing? You're taking all your flags out. Look, I'm, I tried precision. Now I'm going free ball. See, that's what a robot can't do. Creativity. I mean, a robot doesn't need to wear underwear. So why would it have to free ball? That's when you don't wear underwear so your balls. This is how confident I am. I'm just going for it. Seriously? You might have to lift it up, but you might have to lift it up a little bit. Lift it up. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, the cut height. Hey Sean, how's my circle? It's, um, shut up. It's very circular. Um, there's, I don't get it. Is it in there? There. Can you see it now? It's, uh, you've got to be kidding me. That's a live view. Yeah. Hey, there's the part of the circle right there. What the hell? I can see it. You can see it and make it. See, it's right there. You're doing great. We'll fix it in post. Yeah. Don't worry. I mean, bring it close to your screen. Yeah. Yeah. Also what might be, is that your cut height's not super even. The blade might be a little dull. I did bring a file if you want to sharpen it. I didn't know it was dull. James told me that when I picked it up from him. I don't know how it happened, but I'm off by a whole meter from center on this side. So it's going to be kind of egg-shaped. One, two, three, four, five, six, boom. Linus, it's almost done. It's not about speed, Adam. It's about precision. It's a little bit of both. And I think it's more precise than you as well. Two and a bit. At this point, the Luba 2 has finished the entire design and is now going to go back and forth trying to mow the rest of the lawn. I guess we'll let it get a head start on the next challenge. I finalized my plan. I'm going around with flags and then I'm marking where all the flags are. This should give me enough landmarks that I can kind of eyeball the rest of it, I think. Okay, this robot might have been done 10 minutes ago and that might not look like much, but wait till you see the result. Is this the L? No? He's putting it upside down. It's okay, we'll fix it in post. No Ls here, boys. Only Ws. I'm just going to fluff up this area a bit. Did you accidentally mow too far? That's why Jesus made erasers, all right. I'm actually pretty proud of this. It's not bad. It's not perfect, but it's not bad. It took you about an extra 30 minutes, but from here it looks really good, honestly. I'm pretty impressed. It's not like as good as the robots, but it's also a stupid competition. Who would do this? Aliens? I mean, maybe you're stuck on a desert island and all you have is a robot and a lawn. Right. Okay, this could say SOS. I want a rematch, just mowing the lawn. Fine, you got a second challenge. Let's do it. I really have to be on my tiptoes too. Okay, fine. Oh man, the camera really doesn't capture it, but it's not bad. It's really not bad. So you got absolutely destroyed in that first challenge, but you have a chance to make it up with challenge number two. This is just a full mow. Okay. Time is what's most important, but precision also matters. I want to see good lines. Okay. Oh yeah. Sweet. Three, two, one, go. No, that's not, I do it. Three, two, one, go. Go, go, go faster. Dude, all I'm missing is some cake and then this would be a cake walk. I'm going to be done so much faster. I've already done as wide a path here, except I've done the entire perimeter that wide and it's still just on the first couple of passes. Take that machines, making Skynet my bitch. Suck it, Adam. Yeah, okay. I'm playing Bellatra right now. Admittedly, the concentric square D-Leo that I have going on here is a little unconventional, but I think I'm going to lean into it rather than reverse course at this point. Hey, do we have another battery for this thing? Did you run out? Oh, we should have charged that on our break. He hasn't even moved. He's not, he's not trying to help at all. Look at, get this. No, I'm trying to pause my robo. It's only fair. So this bad boy just ran out of battery and that's something you don't have to worry about with the motion because it will automatically go back to its dock to recharge itself. You don't have to think about it at all. I gotta say, as much as I'm obviously clowning on it in terms of speed, it's not by as much as I thought. Like that should be done in a couple of hours, I think, right? Probably less. And I get to just play Bellatro. Flush five, baby. Let's go. No way. Yeah, what's up now? No, but I put in so little effort. I'm just upset I didn't get to finish Bellatro in time. Looks good. Good job, Linus. Thank you. That makes this a tie now. That's a problem. Is it though? Because we didn't have a tie breaking competition. Here, I have an idea. Whoever paid for this video is the winner. And that's our sponsor, Momotion. Way to go, Momotion. You're the winner of today's challenge. Yeah, but I paid you. In a last minute upset, it turns out that Linus Sebastian is the winner. Way to go, Linus Sebastian. Momotion paid me. In a last minute, last minute upset, upset, it turns out that Momotion is again the winner. Whoo."}