Button or "pen" to clear obstical data while mowing

So I’ve only just started using my Yarbo (like a couple days) but I ran into an issue yesterday during my first time mowing that it misidentified some obstacles in my yard and as a result kind of got itself a little trapped and as a result, tore up a portion of my yard going round in circles.

Basically, there’s an area with a number of small trees that are spaced roughly 4-5 feet apart and the rover was seeing the trees and the gaps between them as solid walls. There were also a couple of places where on one pass it though there was a massive obstacle in the way (leaves I’m guessing) and then on the second pass, erased it off the map.

Could we get a button to “clear” the obstacle data from the map to may the rover “take a fresh pass” at an area, or even better, a “pen” or “eraser” tool that we could go to the map and selectively remove obstacle data from the map?

Also as a second suggestion, I noticed when it got “trapped” the rover was almost exclusively trying to turn to the right to get out of the area and also never tried to back out of the area. Me thinks the navigation algorithm needs a little work. I wish I’d thought to take a screenshot of what the map looked like, but I didn’t and now I know better…

And knowing is half the battle. :rofl:

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Just as an FYI, it should clear automatically on subsequent passes if it is cleared or has a better unobstructed view, but it won’t go over the area again. The current way to clear is to stop the plan and restart at the same percentage (or just before).

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I usually drive Yarbo with blades on through the false obstruction before restarting at the lower percentage.

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Thanks for your suggestion. I’ll share your suggestion about clearing obstacle data while mowing with our team.
As for Yarbo’s obstacle avoidance algorithm, when Yarbo detects an obstacle, it will begin avoidance based on the detected obstacle location and then decide which side to move around it.

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That’s good to know. I’ll be paying more attention to this as I continue to use the rover. But, I will say that I think I have some good second hand knowledge when it comes to navigation and obstacle avoidance…. Just sayin’ :wink:

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