No feature request I’m aware of. Hoping it’s just a bug that will get squashed soon.
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Agreed, I’m still using checkerboard. But I love the concept of adaptive. I watched several refinements of it happen during testing and I know they’re still working on making it better. Once it can rotate orientation, I’ll be using it. I’m hoping that’s something they are working towards. I’d love to see its concepts applied to all patterns. I think this is just the first step towards that.
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My biggest concern is that Yarbo loses GPS while traveling along the street and ends up driving into the street due to the dead reckoning.
For now, I have set 5 ft limits for each category until I get a better sense on how Yarbo is going to behave.
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Agreed on the dynamic map needing to revert back. The weird part is that it’s in the app OS. The rover still is waiting for the update, but my phone is up to date and that’s when I noticed.
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One question on these updates. My understanding is that they are pushed only for a certain amount of time. When we get past mowing season, I will be bringing the unit into the garage, planning to remove the battery and top if off every few months. In this situation where the core is in storage/hibernation for the winter, what happens if updates are sent out? Will the updates be sent to the core when we put it back out on the dock in the springtime? Or will we have to put in a service request to get the missed updates pushed to the core?
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right question
The core should update automatically or prompt you to update once you turn it back on. If it doesn’t within 24 hours, you would need to submit a ticket.
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Absolutely agree with this suggestion. It would be nice (especially considering future use with a trimmer) sections of our areas that would be NO dead reckoning allowed, and areas that it’s fine if there is some “wandering” of the module.
It would be nice to identify legs on the map areas where Dead reckoning is allowed / not allowed. This could be accomplished by using the mower to create a 2nd map, like an overlay, whereby you could drive the mower for 30’ or whatever where Dead reckoning is not allowed. This way, if GPS is lost during that section of the overlay, the mower doesn’t end up where you don’t want it to. This way the user could make decisions based off their yard.
I also had a situation, post update, where Yarbo sat in the same place under 1 tree for over 60 minutes, waiting for GPS to come back. I’ve since increased my “In Area Travel Distance” up to around 250’.
But it reminded me of a problem / suggestion I had a bit ago. If delayed for a lengthy time period, I would love to have a menu option whereby the mower would turn towards a “known good point” within the map and start driving there to regain GPS and apply any corrections to its position. Then it could navigate home (if battery level was low). Right now, if GPS is lost, the mower sits there and runs down it’s battery to 0. That happened once to me and I had to go fetch it and take it home to charge.
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adaptive work surface. Slope control has Zimproved significantly, but it’s still not perfect with this type of work surface, as it slid down once. Another issue is the way it handles U-turns. In my case, turning right forces the Yarbo into a difficult reverse, causing it to lift at the rear. This, in my opinion, wouldn’t happen if it turned left.
Spiral cutting: perfect and precise slope control. The only problem is that in those places he still performs too many unnecessary cutting maneuvers that ruin the lawn… It could be improved. Then there is the problem of the collisions of tracks against perimeter walls with a perimeter wire cut, this must be solved as soon as possible. Excellent improvements in cutting accuracy and control when moving. Blind alleys execute them as they were created without error. Excellent improvements in circumventing plants or tackling narrow passages, finally if it can pass it no longer bypasses the obstacle but crosses it. I recommend including tents, dog houses, because he is currently unable to do so. I congratulate you and thank you for the constant improvements you have made to this magnificent robot.
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Running initial perimeter on an area with adaptive mode,
If the M1 gets dragged outside of the work area (by brush, etc), the job is abandoned with no % progress or ability to resume.
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I’m not seeing any changes to push notifications. For example I see a Plan Paused “Failed to Pass this bump” (whatever that crappy translation is supposed to mean) in the Error Notifications history, but no push notification was sent. Has anyone gotten any new notifications?
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I did receive one notification that matches the history: “Plan Paused: Please remove any obstacles in front of the machine”. Indeed, there was an obstacle. So real alert, was notified and matches the history.
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iOS or Android?
Did you need to make changes to any settings to enable them?
Are there any others in history that didn’t send a notification?
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ios. Just checked and all notification settings in iPhone are on. No missed notification.
I also received the usual “Work plan complete” notification, which are not in the history, but I suppose it makes sense as this is not an error.
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When an Error (pause) occurs, Yarbo Core must have an active internet connection at that exact moment in order to push the notification to your phone. If there is no internet connection, the system will not be able to send the notification in real time. Instead, the error will only be stored in the Error History section, which explains why you did not receive a live alert.
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Ethan. 
good to see you writing. miss yours in yarbo live. thank you for your explanation.
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With new firmware, Adaptive mode behaved as designed from what I can tell. Ignore above, that’s with latest app but previous firmware.
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Thanks for clarification @ethan.cai .
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Thank you for the explanation.
Is this the cause for other situations where push notifications don’t seem to show up on our phones?
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Hi Ethan. I second the comment about missing you and Rachel on the live streams. Regarding the push notifications. if the core doesn’t have an Internet connection or it can’t communicate in real time for some reason could one of the following be done?
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Could the alert be queued until there is a connection?
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Can it attempt to send notifications on a recurring basis like the out of bounds and geofence alerts do until it is acknowledged by the user?
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Both 1 and 2?
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