Terramow Unboxing and setup. Is the AI mapping as good as they say it is?

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[@anguslevie4332]

Excellent video, thank you. I have already ordered mine and expect delivery at beginning of August. For a small to medium size garden this is the machine to beat.

[@casadream29]

me too :)

[@keith61]

Sounds pretty sweet. Thanks for the awesome review.

[@richardportelli1983]

Gotta say it looks like a great little machine for smaller yards, looks like it does a great job of cutting without any fuss. Definitely going to be the way forward for a lot of people.

[@HollyRo18]

The most delicate video about TERRAMOW so far！By the way I love the way you call it Terra, pretty sweat❤

[@peterandreasen7937]

Best review so far 😊 thank you very much 👌

[@blade9297]

Great video - Will be interesting to see how it develops compared to your "other" robots.. Tempted to kickstart, but could get stung for import Tax. Could you show how close it will mow against a wall or fence please ?

[@hansielategan969]

That self mapping is a great feature. See there is a couple coming out with that feature.

[@user-oi1sx4wk2f]

Also, the vision sensors will have to be cleaned fairly often. No mowing in rain as that would introduce rain drops in front of the "eyes".

[@SeanChYT]

Great video. The mower looks pretty cool! Not a fan of the single caster wheel though.

[@user-ph1qr9yl6h]

I'm impressed

[@user-oi1sx4wk2f]

I'm mostly interested in the virtual no-go zones and virtual boundaries.

[@BIeak1]

This is gonna work better under trees and narrow places where Luba can't find enough satellites for a good GPS navigation.

[@Crazypostman]

@@BIeak1 Seems so... This will be something I need to test for sure in the next few weeks.

[@BIeak1]

@@Crazypostman Since new Mammotion mower models also ship with stereoscopic cameras, this visual mapping could be implemented in a similar way. It is more of a software implementation problem with Mammotion. So far, Yuka is not able to drive straight when depending on visual mode. I have a place between buildings that is about 6 meters wide, there is no "fix" status GPS signal, Yuka is not even close able to drive one line near the next. It even ends up out of the green and gets stuck if some obstacles are on the ground, on the paved walkway about a meter away from the lawn. Mammotions visual mode needs some work.

[@HollyRo18]

Hi Crazypostman, you’ve installed Terra near the air conditioner which seems like a bad idea since the hot air blowing out might induce her to overheat?

[@Everydayytber]

You could be right

[@daveb4fun]

Love the video. I look forward to your video about trying it on another site. Currently, it is a big deal to move a “smart” mower to another house. Can it mow another house without wiping out its maps for your first house?

[@ShawnYoung666]

In their campaign, they claim to have "multi-base mode", which seems to perfectly fit this scenario.

[@AdamsReviews]

Nice!

[@prwilson101]

Impressive.

[@Skul1dugg3ry]

Ok, so this is a totally dumb question: What brand A/C unit do you have (looking at the unit outside your house next to the base) and do you recommend it? I'm a fan of yours and value your opinion. We seem to think the same way on a lot of things... (As a Luba 1 owner, I'm not sure I'm into Terramow just yet - but the future of AI is exciting. I think I'll wait until Mammotion tries AI...)

[@TerrellSmith-wt4sx]

Not a reply but a question... my yard is a little less than a half acre. I would have 3 zones, front, back and side. Appears it can handle that but just need to confirm. Can it? Do you have an email address I can use to contact you to discuss?

[@engineer_sooner]

Also born and raised in SW Oklahoma, but now up in the city. Was leaning Yuka, but might have to do some research on Terramow. Looks like in kickstarter phase and not available yet. Kickstarter makes me nervous.

[@Crazypostman]

@@engineer_sooner Agreed. It does seem like a great little mower, but I wouldn't officially endorse it until it's on Amazon, or some well-known big box store. That's just gonna have to be y'all's personal decision. It seems very likely they're going to be successful, but you can never be 100% certain with Kickstarter.

[@dellki52]

I have a Yuka and love it. It is also on Amazon

[@X2B_XD]

very good video, I'm very happy that you're testing another brand. what are you doing now with your luba 3000? Very good video, I'm looking forward to the new videos :)

[@Crazypostman]

@@X2B_XD At this moment, I'm not exactly sure, For now, it will be staying here. I will have to use Terra for a few months as my main mower to learn it really well and testing and video purposes, but I still need to keep omni nearby In case I need to make update videos if something arises.

[@X2B_XD]

@@Crazypostman thanks for the quick reply Will Omni Luba be staying with your parents during this time?

[@daveb4fun]

Also, I have 40 feet on each side of my yard with no barrier and I do not want to put a barrier up that someone could fall over.

[@bikeny]

So, after you read the full heavy-duty instruction book, were you correct that it doesn't do night-time mowing? If so, probably because no light available. I guess no infra-red (or some sort of night vision). Is there a setting for it to resume automatically since you had to kickstart it the next morning? What about a rain sensor so it can return home? What is its scheduling capability? Good to see it didn't fall into Duck's areas. And I am not gonna complain about the heat here in NY after seeing what you're having to deal with. I hope you work in an A/C-comfort lcation. This won't work for me as my lawn is an acre or so. But I do like watching your videos.

[@Crazypostman]

@@bikenyI'm still learning it. That was literally the first mow I ever did. It doesn't seem to be able to mow at night. It does have a light. It's not infrared. It's a visible light. Yes, it does have a rain sensor. It's supposed to resume automatically. Not sure why it didn't. Yes, I would say this is just for small yards. It goes pretty slow and has a narrow cut path, but there doesn't seem to be any hard limit on maps. You would just get to a point to where it physically wouldn't be able to cut it all in time. Especially during daylight hours only.

[@marshalln79]

IF you need a yard mine is available in Altus.

[@larryhansen9003]

This is very interesting. The only problem for me is that I have no fences between my yard and my neighbors. I have like 140 feet on each side that butts up with my neighbors. How will it know not to mow my neighbors yard? I know you can set up no go areas, but I have like 280 feet of neighbor's border to define. How would I do that without errecting a fence?

[@Crazypostman]

@@larryhansen9003 Good question, I'm not super experienced with Terramow yet. But there's a couple ways I would think it could be combated. The easiest way would probably just be let your neighbor know what you're doing and go ahead and let TerraMow map everything. It doesn't mow on a mapping run. Once the map is established, you can create a virtual barrier. Another way would be while it's mapping It goes in rows. So you know where it's going to be before it's there. You could just do A strip of no-go-zone tape and then just keep moving it further down while it's mapping. Those are two things I would try.

[@Crazypostman]

@@larryhansen9003 TerraMow is only rated for 1200 m² Your area might be too big. I guess that depends on how wide your property is. Is it just long and skinny?

[@larryhansen9003]

@@Crazypostman I have around 8000 square feet to mow so the 1200 should work fine. The temporary no go zone tape which comes with the mower would work for the neighbor's border if they provide you with enough of it. But something tells me they do not give you 280 feet of it.

[@user-oi1sx4wk2f]

I was thinking about this. I have a bunch of plastic yard posts already and I can buy a long roll of CAUTION tape and just wrap it around the posts near the bottom. That should work for a great distance. Then, after mapping, just pull the posts and tape.

[@Crazypostman]

@@user-oi1sx4wk2f I have a suspicion to get the automatic no-go zone It has to be the correct design If you just put a roll of caution tape out it will just avoid it like an obstacle not a no-go zone and won't save it.

[@user-gj6yw8er1w]

waiting for more post，I am still hesitating whether to baker it

[@Crazypostman]

@@user-gj6yw8er1w Completely understand.

[@DennisWarner]

Great video. So are you giving up on Luba?

[@Crazypostman]

@@DennisWarner No, I still use Luba every day. I just probably won't make many more videos with it. There's already over 70 out there. I'll be making videos with Yuka and Terra for a while.

[@DennisWarner]

@@Crazypostman good to know. I like my Luba 1 5000. I’m very interested in the Yarbo mower. “If” my Luba stops working I might give Yarbo a shot. I’ve probably watched all your videos you do an awesome job. Keep up the great work.

[@Crazypostman]

@@DennisWarner The yarbo is a beast. But that price!

[@DennisWarner]

@@Crazypostman yeah. I hear that!!! I mean I think they have a 42% off deal going on now. I’d only get the base and mower attachment and then get more attachments later

[@Crazypostman]

@@DennisWarner That's still over 5k though, right?

[@nssimpson]

I can't believe you got one. Why can't I get a freebie? 😭 Hehe

[@Crazypostman]

@@nssimpson Not quite free. I put in a lot of hours of work this week between Yuka and Terra

[@nssimpson]

​@@Crazypostman you're actually the reviewer I wanted them to send one to. Finally I believe the hype. Can't wait to receive it.

[@evdave528]

Poor Luba, RIP

[@Crazypostman]

Just like Weedy Gonzalez and Moe that got relieved when the Lubas came. The Circle of AI Robot Life 🤖

[@user-gj6yw8er1w]

Gonzalez is pleased to see this

[@Crazypostman]

@@user-gj6yw8er1w "Weedy Gonzalez" was my Robomower, and "Moe" was my Husqvarna.

[@jimmyli8129]

Luba is still better for certain situations. Bigger area, complicated terrain. Luba with laser/camera and AI mapping could be perfect.

[@Crazypostman]

@@jimmyli8129 No doubt, but the Terra Vision and obstacle detection is sooo far ahead of mammotion it seems from just a few days of testing. The Luba and Yuka are also larger and can cover more ground easily and quicker. Right now, I would still recommend Luba, but that's only Because TerraMow is still in Kickstarter phase. Once it becomes available, I would certainly recommend it For small yards, 1k m² and under, and Luba, I would recommend for 1k m² and up.

[@jeremynguyen2346]

How are you

[@a97chrjo]

Now both your Lubas mow at your parents lawn

[@Karim-ik5ij]

Lots of bots in the comments. Good ol china

[@Crazypostman]

@@Karim-ik5ij I don't think so. There's only two that I don't recognize as a regular. And judging by their comment i would say they're from terramow.

[@jeromewaites5364]

I want to see what that big red button does on top of

[@user-gj6yw8er1w]

emergency STOP, for safty, stop blade stop move

[@Crazypostman]

You mean the one that says stop? 🤣

[@hairyporter6736]

I hear AI, I call bullshit. But I like to be taught better.

[@jeromewaites5364]

It’s a joke

[@glennvandamme]

Why?

[@user-ph1qr9yl6h]

Maybe for you. But for a small yard, it's excellent. I'm very impressed with the mapping and hope they integrate this install other mowers that can handle larger yards.