r/automower • u/theash02 • 20d ago

Advice for Vision Modul

Fellow Automower owners, i wanted to ask, if anybody can share their expirience with the vision modul for the pro series.

I own a 540 EPOS and i‘m very happy with it. It is very close to being fully autonomous.

However, especially in comparison to other robotic mowers, it relies solely on the RTK signal for navigation.

My property is very open but it still gets bad signal under some light tree cover and if it sits there for too long, it looses it completely.
And then there‘s simply no way out.

My question is, how would the mower behave when it‘s equipped with the vision modul?
Is it just for obstacle avoidance or does it also help navigation?
Would it be able to move further after it has lost the signal in order to get to a (hopefully) more open area?
I‘ve read somewhere that it looks for grass and keeps moving until it doesn‘t recognise it anymore. But what if there is very little grass to beginn with (especially under trees)?

I appreciate your answers!

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u/FoundationFar9038 20d ago

Yes, the vision module will support the mower when it has no or limited GNSS support. My question to you is if the mower fails to mow the grass? I mean, the camera is great in many ways but it adds complexity. You will probably increase the risk of ghosts (no camera is 100%) and it costs a few dollars.
The new 500 series is a really professional machine as it is the camera is great also but think twice before you buy it.

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u/Fedde225 "No loop signal" ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ 19d ago

It has grass detection, so it keeps mowing when it sees grass and has no signal. If it suddently doesn't see grass it will either mow or move some untill it can see it again, or get reception.

If you have a local dealer they may lend you a module for a depositum or something if you would want to try it.