Yarbo is currently mowing my back west lawn. It’s fairly straight and level. However while mowing near a now go zone (near is subjective, its a couple passes away from the zone), Yarbo showed an obstruction on the map.
Clean your cameras and it could have been direct sunlight in the lens or shading on the ground that was impacting its vision. If you have good no go zones and don’t expect any random things to show up, I’d say rely on the bumper with gentle contact mode and avoid vision for now.
Camera’s were cleaned at bath time (09:54 this morning). (Right cutting motor overheating.)
Yarbo was driving North. Time was 11:21 so sun was almost over head. Shadow maybe?
I’ll give gentle contact a go. I’d been hesitant to fiddle with it too much as this time of year it’s hard to keep up with the way the grass is growing.
Takes about 4 days to mow it all with the 8 inch overlap.
I hope the new firmware will be a little better at not missing spots so I can turn the overlap back down.
I too have been having this issue. I think it’s shadows but can’t always pinpoint it either. Does anyone know when there might be a firmware update? I know we want it tested but seems it would be good to get a few of the fixes in place.
Currently using smart turns and fastest speed. I set the overlap to 8 inches for fewer missed spots. That really slowed things down. However the cut does look better.
Hopefully the new firmware will be more accurate on cutting and I can drop the overlap back down.
During those 4 days of mowing, there are times Yarbo is waiting on me to start the next work plan.
I’m always open to suggestions if you have any please pass them along.
Until the next firmware fixes the mowhawks, my only guess would be to minimize the number of areas that use smart-turn. Those things are minimum 40 seconds per lane, and they’re like watching my spouse try to parallel park. 7 minutes of turning per 10 lanes, at least.
For me, I use smart-turn depending on how soft the ground is, but the core can sometimes spend more time turning than it does mowing, lol. If the mowing angle makes a huge lane-count on a squishy day I’ll sometimes swap the turning mode mid-task when it is working a squishy part, or a hard pack part. But once perimeters become optional in the next FW, stuff like that can be made their own area, and smart-turns can be minimized. You’ll hopefully be able to reduce the overlap as well.
If the grass will handle it, U turn. For slopes, either smart or zero.
My favorite-favorite would be “don’t turn”, where the core just shoe-shines forward and reverse with no turns at all, lol. But that would need a rear bumper, or at least the rear cams to be used.
