Currently Yarbo takes the exact same pathway every time to get to other areas. Given the weight of the device this leads to tracks in the grass, and dead grass. This is remarkably consistent and awesome programing! But it leads to dead spots in the yard. This strict adherence to specific pathways also leads to it making precise turns when it really doesn’t need to.
Would it be possible to to ease up on how strict the routes and turns are when it doesn’t really matter? Such as traveling from one area to another?
This would be a great step forward and increase user satisfaction.
Thank you for your suggestion! We’ve actually received similar feature requests before, and this feedback has already been shared with our product team for consideration.
To be fair, @Yarbo-Forum, varying pathways, except maybe through an identified opening like a gate, should really have been a feature implemented early on. It’s common knowledge for homeowners that mowing the same path will leave ruts in your yard. While Yarbo doesn’t use wheels, it taking the same path is equally damaging to the yard. You guys do this already with the cut pattern rotation so we all know you know.
Hopefully, Yarbo engineers can work on a lot of these necessary changes, along with more R&D of the trimmer code, over the Fall and Winter months so come Spring, we’ll see a big difference in mowing navigation, obstacle avoidance, battery charging logic, API access, and other features.
On the one hand, it’s obviously not desirable for Yarbo to dig ruts into the yard following the exact same path to get back ‘home’, but in some cases Yarbo NEEDS to follow an exact path, like if it’s driving along a sidewalk, going through a gate, driving between parked cars, etc.
Maybe there should be two types of pathways - One that is ‘one Yarbo wide’ in which Yarbo will always follow the exact specified path and the second pathway would be a user defined width, and Yarbo would randomly drive within that allotted width to traverse the pathway
I agree with following pathways specifically. But, my picture is through the middle of an area, not a pathway.
And angled turns aren’t usually necessary when traveling from one area to another. Curved pathways would be more efficient and less traumatic to the grass.
Good point. In theory Yarbo should be able to automatically randomize its path in a work area to get back to the dock.
That said, my Luba 2 bots do the exact same thing. They follow an exact path every time to get where they need to go. Thankfully they’re not as heavy as Yarbo, but I can still see some slight ruts in places.
I fully believe Yarbo will get there with changing pathways.
Husqvarna released the solar mower in 1995. It did 50 square meters. They have had 30 years to refine. I doubt it will take Yarbo 20 years to get to changing pathways. But maybe I’m an optimist.
Considering this is the first full season with the mower and about to be with the blower, I can imagine this time next year it’s going to be dialed in nicely. They’ve had 10 years for the snow blower and by the end of this past snow season it was pretty dialed in from the bugs introduced with the 24 hardware refresh. I’ve already seen a lot of improvement the last few months.
I agree the snow blower works pretty good. It does still have a major flaw though. When it adjusts the chute it doesn’t compensate for where that snow goes and snow ends up in no-throw areas.
Ex. the street into oncoming traffic or fills your garage with snow if the doors open.
If this ever gets fixed I’d be totally satisfied with it.
The blower does the same thing. Yarbo will change directions and forget to turn off the blower fan until after the turn is completed, which means it’s blowing leaves in the wrong direction.
I would have thought they would have learned their lesson from the snowblower and avoided this issue from Day 1. Even more puzzling is that people reported this problem last season and it’s still not fixed.
Maybe if they created something like a “must-go” zone, the path could be somewhat random until that point, but at areas like a gate or some other place such as between a parked car(that is typically parked in the same spot) and a wall of the house or a fence, Yarbo must stay within that zone to avoid hitting anything.
