Same issue here. Guessing it’s on pause.
I just noticed that my Yarbo has updated, and after a quick check, the cameras are working again.
Unfortunately, I’m not at home now and due to the new weird undocking behavior I will wait until I’m physically present before testing things out.
Looking forward to seeing all the improvements!!
I was about to send a message expressing how the Pro Mower with mulching blades is a marvel. They can not tackle piles of leaves, but if you attack them as they fall, before they pile, you can mulch them up by mulching in one direction. Then go at the area a second time from a 90 degree change of direction, and pretty much, your area is mulched and appears leafless. And I have two huge old oak trees.
By the time I got around to formulating my thoughts, the new firmware had taken hold. I was giggling about hearing my voice trying to scare off would be infringers. Then I decided to send Yarbo out to do another leaf area. I was astounded to see my lawn mate twirl around on the charging pad before heading out. Then upon reaching the new leaf area, with me thinking it was doing it’s magic, it arrives back at the charging pad and now sees the pavilion I built and will not enter the area, where it always had without a problem. Trying to do the leafy area again, this time following and watching. The Yarbo would see the higher grass that separates my yard from my field, and now, unlike any time before,determine it was a vehicle and return to get charged. I tried the idea provided of removing the power from the battery for 5 minutes. This changed nothing in my case. There are problems that will have to be addressed. These are not simple problems that I am able to work around. I will await the message saying the fix for these problems that many are experiencing is ready to download.
If you are using vision based obstacle avoidance you can switch to gentle contact or alternatively put a vision zone over the trouble area and disable vision.
I received the “update” today. Jury is still out…..
This is “expected” if above 85% charge. It will auto start around 90% based on my experience.
Be careful and don’t have any obstructions near the dock.
Bryan, I have tried both of your suggestions, and sorry, they do not work. At this point, the only thing that appears to allow my Yarbo to charge automatically is to remove the cover system I developed. I wonder about calibration of the cameras, but I do not, and imagine most don’t, have a printer that will print the size of copy suggested.
When I set up a vision zone around the charging station and adjust it to Gentle Contact, with vision on or off, it does the same thing. It pulls up to the station, stops, and then says, object detected, docking failed.
Also, now when I try to start a plan from the charging station, it turns 90 degrees and back and then fails to move forward and wants to recharge, but has now misaligned itself and does nothing until I guide it correctly to charge manually. It appears, I have no ability to stop the cameras from causing mayhem.
That is unfortunate. I hope they can hot fix these issues quickly. I would definitely recommend removing the cover when running a plan because of the 90 degree bug that others have reported and has been confirmed a known issue.
From my observation, I am guessing that 90 degree turn before starting out to follow a plan is not an unintended bug, but rather an attempt to give Yarbo more observable space to determine the safety factor before lift off. Also, the return for recharging Yarbo appears to spend more time sizing up the reentry for charging, and in doing so, I am going to have to put an other pad in front of my existing pad as Yarbo is mucking around so much in front of the padded area that a mud pit out there is going to be produced now.
I’m eager to hear your take. Reboot before you launch. Other wise supervise your non-rebooted launch.
Try checking your Yarbo Lab setting and adjust the distance your core with travel at a boundary without GPS signal.
Mine turned 90°+ a smidge. The left track went over the cable to the pad and took off. The house stopped it eventually.
@Gabriele Thanks for sharing your feedback on the latest update. Regarding the rotation issue near the docking station, we have already received similar reports and our team is working on a fix for it.
For the problem with not detecting the perimeter walls, could you please provide a bit more detail? We may need to investigate this further.
We also look forward to hearing more feedback from you after you test it in the sloped areas. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience.
@joendiane Hi there, thanks for sharing your detailed experience. The rotation behavior before starting a plan is an issue our team is already aware of, and we are working on a fix for that.
Regarding the obstacle detection, this update included adjustments to the detection range and angles:
Distance detection range: 5cm ~ 120cm → 5cm ~ 150cm
Obstacle height detection: 10cm ~ 75cm → 5cm ~ 60cm
Field of View (FOV): Horizontal 85° → 95°, Vertical 65° → 75°
These changes may explain why Yarbo is now detecting certain things (like taller grass or your pavilion) that it did not detect before.
You can try setting that tall grass area and the pavilion as a Vision Zone, and then turn off the “Use Vision” toggle for that zone to prevent unwanted detection.
For the recharging issue, it is recommended to remove the cover system for now, as it may be affecting the docking alignment.
We appreciate your patience and feedback — it’s very helpful to us as we continue improving the system. Please feel free to share any updates after further testing.
when it cuts across the boundary edges and has to change direction, it spins on the spot, scraping the perimeter walls with its tracks instead of making an avoidance maneuver… it has always done this and continues to do so.
I received the firmware update yesterday and can confirm that now Yarbo starts off the work plan by 90 degree turn to the left and back on the dock station.
Yes, and the smart vision is working again.
Setting up a pathway through there was my next plan.
I tested the other sloped area. I set the sensitive contact and kept it 10 cm away from the perimeter walls. Even though the ground was still wet from the rains of the past few days, the traction and control on the slopes were fantastic. There were some small issues with wet grass when climbing slopes, but they are justified. At 10 cm away, there were no problems with collisions with the perimeter walls. It managed to avoid contact with the walls thanks to intelligent maneuvers. Management of lawn work has improved significantly in terms of time savings and garden maintenance, thanks, again, to more intelligent maneuvers. I have not had any GPS signal issues. There are dead ends that need further improvement because, although now, if it goes towards a perimeter wall and touches it, it goes back and corrects itself before executing it. In my opinion, it shouldn’t do this because it should follow the path created exactly. The way to find and stop at starting points also needs to be revisited; it’s too hard to find them, resulting in too many maneuvers. I noticed a bug when you stop the program and restart it from scratch while it’s off-base. Upon returning, it indicated a battery drain of only 2%, which is impossible, and it didn’t save the history at the end. I forgot, regarding collisions with perimeter walls during on-the-spot turns, I believe that by touching the tracks, it isn’t able to recognize that it’s hitting an obstacle and continues the maneuver.Overall I think we’re on the right track.