Automate slope recognition so automated setting optimization occurs instead of making a slope a work area specifically. Terrain is complex. Mapping a hill as a work area vs adjacent flat areas is cumbersome and not as easily done as stated. Yarbo has settings for tilt detection. So Yarbo must have sensors to detect and measure slope. Yarbo module clearance like low/medium/high with m1 or height with S1 are all software controlled not via a hardware lever a user manually adjusts. Same for speed. Software controlled. So if I have a work area that contains slopes and flats and valleys etc Yarbo should use its sensors to trigger automated changes based on degree of slope points. Yarbo detects a slope then it should optimize speed, module clearance, etc while that trigger is active to give it the best chance for success. Then when it gets off the slope doing the rest of the map the same sensor says I’m not on a slope anymore back to the user configured area settings automatically. Making work areas for each terrain condition is not practical especially if more work areas will be needed in the future by module. Right now I have 52,000 sq ft of work areas shared across s1/m1/b1. I kept it to 8 areas. If it goes to by module that is 24 work areas to manage. If I break out more work plans within those based on terrain instead of perimeter bounds then that could easily jump to 72+ work areas.

Count me in on this too. wheelie city, destroys the grass trying to get traction. Considering using the tow hitch to add some weights, but not quite sure how I can make it work. Weights on the side won’t be as effective as those that are furthest away from the M1 module. I’ve got a back hill that I usually just weedwack 5 times per summer, and is a HUGE reason I got the mower. I share the same hill with my neighbor, who has a Luba, and it cuts his WITH EASE. So not super happy about that. Don’t want to have to swap treads everytime I want it to mow the hill. so lets go Yarbo, figure something out.

I am also experiencing difficulties with slope mowing. The desired mowing pattern should eliminate the need for Yarbo to perform turns on inclines. Instead, it should follow a linear path—ascending the slope, then reversing along the same track to descend, before shifting forward to the adjacent lane—similar to the movement pattern of a window-cleaning robot. Thank you, Yarbo, for considering this implementation.

I made up a weighted tow hitch…and it did not help much. But it was a long arm, and different implementations might be more successful. [2025-04-25 13.38.29] [2025-04-25 17.25.37]

I suspect the weight needs to be right at the rear. I’ve seen reports from others that this has helped.

I have taken my work area that is my steepest slope and spent a couple hours just drawing a series of deadends and then combining all of them into a work area. The Yarbo and M1 easily goes up staying on my deadend pathway. Going down it does ok as it starts to back down. This is working relatively well so far. Oddly on two the deadends it wants to back up the hill. It cannot do this and I manually intervene. I plan to redraw them, I believe it is doing that as they start close to a deadend. I wish I just chose an area to be mowed this way instead of the very labor intensive mapping I did. It works for now but I am hopeful for a longer term solution.

How much does it weigh? Can you add more weight to the back? I’ve got a plan to make a lawn striper filled with sand to add more weight back there.

I added four 5 lb weights to the rear hitch. That solved the reverse bucking problem. [IMG_0159] PS: The foam board is just an experiment to keep the battery from overheating in the sun (It works).

I just got the new FW that does an auto adaption by slowing down the mowing speed when going downhill. It keeps a closer track as long as it is mowing on a small slope angle, or going almost directly downhill on a large slope angle. My yard is almost all slopes (rolling) at a variety of angles up to 35 degrees. The mowing job is better, but at a terrible price in mowing time. It now takes twice as long to mow my yard (and it is over an acre). Only mowing uphill and mowing backwards downhill would be a far better solution for my yard. Mowing uphill (does not have to be exactly uphill, just generally uphill within about 30 degrees to hold a good line), then moving over half a mower width and mowing backwards downhill, would do a very nice job. By mowing in two directions, the grass would get a much more even cut and would be faster than mowing uphill only with a small overlap. I hope this gets implemented.

about 10lbs but it’s leveraged so it looks like more weight… Tim

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See Yarbo’s response here about the backing. Dead-end in reverse? Why? - #6 by Yarbo-Forum

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