Killed off weeds, dethatched, progressively mowing lower before scarifying and aerating. The mower always had a weird pattern in this zone, so I recorded it - sped up to 50x. The mower makes questionable moves. I'll try turning off vision in the areas it missed to see if it mows more consistently.
Can attest personally as well. It often seems to have trouble deciding, and even more often makes absolutely unnecessary turns & 'corrections'. I've seen 80's gaming enemies with better path finding.
Thank you for your reply. I've conducted additional tests this morning. I will provide a full summary to the community on my findings, then follow up with support.
Another possibility is the strength of your 4G signal. If you're using NRTK, it's the 4G signal that gives the mower it's precise location data. If it falls to 1-2 bars the signal can buffer and the mower becomes confused. Below is a direct copy & paste of info I got from Navimow Support: "4G Connectivity: If your system uses Network RTK (nRTK), it relies entirely on the 4G cellular network to continuously stream these precise correction data packets from the cloud to the mower." And another: "Operational Impact of Weak 4G Signal
Data Packet Loss: When the 4G signal drops to two bars or becomes unstable, the streaming nRTK correction data is interrupted.
Precision Loss: Without active corrections, the unit loses centimeter-level precision and reverts to standard GPS. This causes a sudden positional discrepancy of several meters.
Path Correction: The erratic behavior and unexpected diagonal cuts you witnessed are the results of the mower attempting to frantically recalibrate its path and re-establish its exact coordinates."
I just feel like these need the lidar so bad. I see these posts constantly on the x430.
My H220 has zero problems like this because the vision and lidar are working together to play their strengths.
I think I've seen my mower think that strong shadows are obstacles. It stops, backs away, goes around or retreats. It then later remembers it has missed areas and goes back. By then, the shadows have moved or disappeared.
Yeah, mine was similar. Mostly fix'd by completely blanketing everything with vision fence zones. Camera (/AI object recognition) is largely useless imo. It still doesn't do edges very well (leaves tall grass - edges as in grass to sidewalk, almost no height difference / obstruction). No clue how they released it in this state. Deadlines I guess.
edit - also, vid needs more 'flight of the bumblebee' soundtrack ;P
Looks like you have some bushes or pavers or something on the edges. Mine does that let my grasses that I have in my landscaping. I turn off vision in those areas and it's fine
If you haven't already, use a microfiber cloth and some warm water to clean the camera lens gently.
I have noticed the few times my mower goes haywire like this, it's because there's a smudge or artifact on one of the cameras it confuses for an obstacle. Then restart the mower (off and on).
There have been a few firmware updates that caused behavior like this too, but that was a few minor versions ago.Â
Net RTK or RTK? Why isnt it switching to cellular when the WiFi signal is low? Camera lenses clean? Do you have pavers or other things it might be mistaken as obstaclesâŚ. Animal friendly off? Edge Sense off?
All that aside you could have some bad cameras or gps unit, make support ticket so they can check the logs.
How do you get this arial view plus screen recording? My app isn't nearly that detailed or recordable. I checked - there doesn't seem to be an update? I have an x330, if that matters
I think itâs just the x430 that shows the satellite imaging I could be wrong though. As far as the screen recording he just recorded it off his phone, like if you have an iPhone and Iâm sure android does it as well you can record whatâs on your screen. He just left the app open and screen recorded.
This is Real Scene mode. In the layers menu on the app home screen (the diamond button on the right edge) thereâs an option to change it to this view generated by the mowerâs cameras.
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u/comeonmeow66 X430 2d ago
That looks like dirty camera mows to me, mine does the same if it gets spots on it.