For me it would be useful if it is possible to program/remember multiple locations in Yarbo, not just multiple zones, but distant locations i.e. more RTKs. IMHO there is nothing - except software - preventing this kind of usage. Yarbo then can be transfered to different locations and itself pick the map based on GPS position, just it needs an option to learn more than one. I do not think this is possible ATM, but tell me if otherwise.
Thank you for sharing your use case—it’s a valuable perspective. We’re always looking for ways to expand Yarbo’s capabilities, and exploring more flexible location support is definitely one of the directions we’re interested in for future development.
While this may not be achievable in the short term, we truly appreciate ideas like yours that help shape the long-term vision of the product. Please feel free to share any other thoughts or suggestions—you’re helping us build a better Yarbo for everyone.
Just curious about your use case @adam.pribyl.
How far apart are your multiple locations?
How far from your Data Center (assuming you have just the one)?
Are you thinking commercial use or a use case like trundling the rover to your mom and dad’s place to mow there?
(If someone from Yarbo is reading, having a little more detail around this might help with their future plans.)
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This is my first post and I am replying because this is EXACTLY what I am looking for. I have a side-gig mowing lawns and here in western PA, there is inevitably a fair amount of hand mowing in tight areas, hillsides, etc. It would be a godsend to have something like this to drop down and mow very specific areas of each property as I run around on the zero turn and do string trimming.
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It’s exactly as you are thinking - for gadener, it would be great to let yarbo cut grass while one may take care of plants, trees etc., in my case I have to mow my properties in several locations, few km apart (one is mom’s garden right), so i do not mind loading yarbo on truck and move it with me, having multiple RTKs (ie. one on each location) - same for snow… getting older so shoveling becomes less fun.
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My understanding of how this works barely exists, and I’ve tried none of it. I wanted to understand the use case, and I would like to see it supported for your EXACT reasons of going to a site and letting Yarbo handle the easy stuff that just sucks YOUR time, letting YOU do the more skilled work.
What little I know: The rover can fail over to Cell and even the WiFi at a remote site within a certain distance from the home Data Center. The details (like distance), how the map is handled, and all that, I’m not very clear on.
That being said, Ken K. mentioned in the Mower Pro livestream on the 25th that Yarbo is exploring ways to use the rover without a Data Center. This means a flexible use case for commercial users becomes feasible. Between this and improved vision (per Ken K. an update for that is coming in a few weeks to help the rover endure GPS loss, with an even bigger change in the works), it looks like Yarbo is moving toward a model that is much more flexible and as hands-free as they can make it.
@bryan.wheeler - It would be great to have some deets for using your Yarbo away from the Data Center for a document for our commercial folks AND regular folks who mow for extended family. This is usually your wheelhouse, but maybe there’s someone else in the PP who has a handle on this? Or does Yarbo already have a document somewhere?
RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) positioning is typically limited to a range of about 10 to 20 kilometers from the base station for optimal accuracy. Beyond this distance, the accuracy diminishes, making it less effective for precise applications.
Yes, it can fall over to any medium that provides the rover internet access so that the DC and the rover can communicate with each other for the correction data. So, cellular and WiFi are the options here.
The draw back is that it will make your map zoom out very large but you can easily just hit the locate button and it will zoom in on the current rover location. The other draw back is it will be entirely reliant on a good internet connection at both locations. If the internet at the DC side goes down, it will not work autonomously until internet is restored.
The good news is that there is already hints of multiple data centers in the diagnostics if you review the documentation that explains the different sections of the diagnostics screen. There is also public NTRIP service that will eventually be a possibility. This would require no DC at all and would instead rely on a subscription service or a free public correction stream (over the internet).
As Ken K mentioned, they are looking into technologies like VIO (Visual Intertial Odometry) and VSLAM (Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) to minimize and potentially eliminate the RTK requirement. VIO just fills in the gaps when RTK is lost. VSLAM would be 100% vision based mapping and location determination with no use or reliance on RTK.
Hope that answers your question.
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