Anyone else’s mower suddenly stop and then Says maneuvering around an obstacle when there’s literally nothing in the yard, not even Long grass?
Are you using moderate bypass or gentle contact? Dirty cameras, shade, sun spots, etc can cause false positives with the cameras.
Hi there, which obstacle avoidance mode are you currently using?
False obstacle detections can be caused by several different factors, as Bryan mentioned. You could try switching the obstacle avoidance mode to Gentle Contact and see whether the behavior improves.
If you do use Gentle Contact, please make sure any areas that require extra caution or should not be entered are set as No-Go Zones to help prevent any unexpected situations.
I am having this problem to a very significant degree. I changed to gentle contact and what a mess - it went over my plants. I guess the whole planted area has to be made a no go zone then? It’s strange because the same lawn area worked perfectly a week or so before and then recently the lawn looked like a drunken Yarbo had gone wild.
Yes, if you switch to gentle contact, this is bumper only mode. Anything you don’t want it to bump into or won’t activate avoidance by hitting the bumper needs to be a no go zone.
In short yarbo’s vision sucks so have to make no go zones around everything you don’t want it smashing into, or mowing over. Don’t believe the videos from marketing.
Yea, I don’t recommend trusting the cameras for obstacle avoidance.
I would think of the cameras as a secondary line of defense. But the primary defense should be no go zones.
Assume Yarbo is blind. When building your maps, make sure it can’t drive into or over anything.
We’re really sorry to hear about the damage caused. If you set the obstacle avoidance mode to Gentle Contact, please make sure to create No-Go Zones for any areas or objects you do not want Yarbo to come into contact with.
We understand this may not be the ideal experience and can be inconvenient. We appreciate your feedback, and we will continue working to improve Yarbo’s obstacle detection capability and overall avoidance performance.
I’m jumping onto this thread because I think it applies. I have a row of trees along both sides of my driveway and the street. Which is better a NGZ or just letting the Yarbo bump into them?
NGZ is going to be faster, obstacle avoidance for a bunch of stuff can be slower. It should also be more consistent and reliable. With the newest firmware update, you could try moderate bypass again and see how that performs if you don’t want to make the NGZ’s.
Thanks Bryan. I thought so but needed to hear it from a Yarbo veteran.