I’ll start off with I know that many people have already expressed an interest in having their yarbo not cut across their finished mowing lines when getting between points. I agree that this would be a nice feature for many. I however would like to suggest that it be a toggle switch that in one position the yarbo follows the perimeter and prioritizes yard aesthetics and in the other position it prioritizes speed and battery usage. In my case I have a very large yard that my yarbos are maintaining and the yarbo following the perimeter would be horrible as it would make an already long mowing session too long to be finished. In the case of part of my lawn I don’t care about the aesthetics as I and no one else sees it I just need it mowed regularly. For other people who do care about the aesthetics they may still wish to be able to switch it to the most efficient mode in case a storm is coming and they need to finish faster or it is behind on mowing due to many days of rain in a row.
Thanks for your considerate thought. I agree, some people prioritize aesthetics while others care more about mowing efficiency. I’ll be sure to share your feedback with our product team. We always appreciate hearing different perspectives to improve the user experience for everyone.
Yeah I agree with this.
I dont mind if support is added to maintain aesthetics.
but I have 10 hour jobs.. and I just want it to finish 
so I would have any feature like that disabled
a few extra lines Im not worried about.
BUT I will say there are definitely optimizations in the pathing that could be dont to obtain both. Astetics, without compromising efficiency.
Mostly, no go zones. right now they are mowed as part of the perimeter. but that typically means having to travel back to each no go zone independently. Where it would be great if the nogo zones perimeters could be mowed, while the unit is already at the nogo zone, and that would cut down on alot of the aesthetic pathing concerns.
Also carve outs in the pathing caused by nogo zones, or concave corners.
If the Yarbo prioritized these carve outs instead of pathing away from them only to have to come back later, that would also be a big benifit. though yes this can be difficult because “which side” would be the carve out.
I agree. There are definitely other area where efficiency could be improved as well. The concave corners and return to finish them later is a big issue for me. I’ve got some mows that are 18+ hours.
I also wish there was a feature that would change the return time not just on battery percentage like right now they have us able to set it to return at the basic is 20% or you can decrease it to 15% or any other number, but what I’d like to see is in the algorithm it says oh I’ve got 21%. I’m supposed to return at 20 and I’m mowing away from the charger. Let me stop and go ahead and return now. On some of my big jobs it going out with only one percent and heading away from the charger means it mows seven minutes or eight minutes across the field, which in the end adds 16 minutes of travel rather than just returning. Something like that could definitely add efficiency.
That does seem like a bad deal.
What do you think about “my next job is x minutes and I have y minutes of battery”.
Don’t start the job unless y is at least 1/4 of x?
something along those lines?
Maybe It could top off the battery in that situation if it wasn’t able to execute the plan to completion on a charge when it’s passing or is closest to the dock.
While I am one who hopes for the ability to not have arbitrary lines across the yard, I assumed that whatever algorithm is chosen would enable all of the planned cutting path lines to be potential crossing points. I hope it’s not only going to follow the perimeter.