I have seen this before, but not as an official suggestion. It would be great if, when u-turn mode is turned on for Yarbo, it enabled an alternate way of making a path through the lawn that was a ‘skip and fill’ path. ie. the u-turn doesn’t need to be so tight, it can make a curve, which would leave a gap, then later turns would fill said gap. For example. ie. Repeating pattern of something like: ---------> (1) ---------> (5) (3) If the pathing was calculated this way, the u-turn would not need to be as tight (and thus would not have as big an impact on the lawn), and it should be able to turn in one continuous motion without any need to reverse at all, as the width of the turn should be sufficient. Obviously the above pattern is just an example.

Thanks for your idea! We really appreciate the suggestion and will share it with our product team for consideration.

Looks similar to this industrial engineer who worked out the most efficient way to mow his lawn by using “continuous turns.” [A FASTER way to mow your yard!!]

@Ken I didn’t know you were a founding member of the Dull Men’s Club! Banana for scale. :banana:

I don’t have a problem, Mr. @bryan.wheeler! YOU have a problem! [image] Uhh…OK, so what, yes, it’s Grok. I tracked my mower usage in a file on a multi-billion dollar company’s servers using a multi-billion dollar company’s PC and used a multi-billion dollar A.I. to analyze the data for the sole purpose putting together a lawn mowing schedule. And – ha ha on YOU – I didn’t go with the recommendation from the A.I.! I’m A Rebel! “Dull” indeed. I feel so judged.

:joy: I wasn’t judging you but @ken.w.gregory and @Steve were! :rofl: Just remember Mr. Rebel… The Empire Strikes Back! :joy:

:flushed_face: I must confess, I grok’ed mine too…

100% this recommendation. I don’t even see the difference between the Zero turn and U-turn in the real world use. They do the same exact thing when I’ve tried using them.

This is what I’m seeing too…although I am using 8” overlap until I get all the strays, still seems like U-turn doesn’t really have any practical differences. I did see what looked like a couple “smart turns” but it could have just been coincidence

U-turn that alters pathing for continuous drive

Suggestion and Feature Requests

Greg April 29, 2025, 11:46pm 3

A little like this, but explicitly so that it can make a wide u-turn? Wider lawn stripe option

Topic		Replies	Views
Changing pathways Suggestion and Feature Requests	12	286	October 14, 2025
Wider lawn stripe option Suggestion and Feature Requests currently-under-review	29	903	July 4, 2026
Pathway Zero Turn Solutions? Yarbo Lawn Mower	4	90	September 8, 2026
Double wide pattern Suggestion and Feature Requests	10	192	June 21, 2026
Minimize Turns Path Mode via Backwards Driving Suggestion and Feature Requests lawn-mower , mapping	13	377	October 14, 2025

U-turn that alters pathing for continuous drive

Related topics