Confirmation of mapped items: No-go Zone location/size, maybe other things (future?)
No-go Zones often need a tweak, at least for me. I create a number of them with Templates, but some I map with the rover, doesn’t matter. The majority of the time I do have to make changes – after the rover whacks into something I had a No-go Zone around.
It would be a useful feature if I could tell the rover to confirm the No-go Zone for me by driving around it autonomously (or, if not that, letting me drive up to the edge of the No-go Zone and visibly and/or audibly indicating that the No-go Zone is there - but I’d rather see the driving). This way I could let the rover help me check its understanding of the size and location of the No-go Zones in real life, not just on the map.
Notes:
This feature needs to take into account the rotation and mowing/snowblowing lines of the Area. When I mowed with 0 degrees + Mow Along No-go Zones OFF, a particular post in a No-go Zone wasn’t hit. At a 60 degree rotation (for the Diamond) + the Mow Along No-go Zones ON, the post was hit. Settings seem to matter.
I created a new Area and put what I thought was a decent size No-go Zone around a tree, but the rover drive right up to it and whacked the tree at high speed when the Work Plan was running. I would have confirmed that No-go Zone before starting the Work Plan and saved the mower a headache.
Futures: Beyond No-go Zones, borders can also be checked, and there are probably other things like turns, slippery areas, and drifting off-track (if you confirmed a full run of the Area) that could be given a dry run to show the user exactly what will be done or autonomously log any unexpected items and report them back.
But I think the No-go Zone and possibly border confirmation would be satisfactory to the majority of folks.
(I was going to submit this earlier, decided not to, but then a user on Facebook casually mentioned that a feature where the rover drove around No-go Zones would be helpful to him.)
Yes a test work plan function, maybe even with blades off. Great idea. Especially testing varying angles if you have a pattern or angle rotation defined. Also, a pop up warning if you change those asking if you want to retest or accept.
Thank you for your detailed description of the feature and your thorough consideration of factors like area settings. We’ll pass all of your ideas along to our product team, and we truly appreciate your continuous input based on your experience!
I’d like to adjust my no- go zones a bit to make them better fit the physical location. It would be good to be able to zoom in tighter, adjust the orientation using a keypad rather than my fingers!
Zooming in more would help me for sure. My eyesight isn’t what it used to be and I get caught trying to pinch to zoom on paper. That doesn’t work. Don’t bother trying it.
How do we get a Vote option for this topic. This is a big one, especially for NGZs. Having to run the entire plan and wait for it to get to a specific one only to find it needs adjustment is time consuming.
I switch to my tablet or Blue Stacks for this detail work. I agree it needs more zoom on phones. The constant resetting of the view as you switch functions is even more annoying
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Under Advanced options for the Area – at least for the mower, I don’t recall about the snowblower – you can have the rover do No Go Zone and Area Boundaries first. It’s not per No Go Zone, but it does help.
I’ve been doing this over the past few days with my first mows of the season to see what minor corrections I may need to make.
I would love to see this. Lots of trees on my site. I also notice that when editing no go zones it’s often moving them a bit when you start the edit and jumps to next to rover.
Combine this with a verification of no go zones would be great.
