CollinWilliams
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Anyone been able to set this up? Just came out within the past few days. And is there a patch note list anywhere?
Loona Room Mapping for Recharging
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CollinWilliams
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Sounds good. In their Facebook group, someone brought it up, but it seems like few people have actually implemented this new feature.
Apologies for the late response.
CollinWilliams I attempted to set up a recharging route manually today but couldn’t work out how to execute it to get Loona to recharge using it once finished. It’s also incredibly difficult to navigate from Loona’s line of sight. Great feature, I’d need to watch a demonstration of how to get it working to successfully implement it.
A Loona owner in our Facebook group mentioned they got this to work by putting Loona into rc mode to test the route, then when exiting that mode you can choose from three different options, select return to charging station.
Otherwise you have to wait for the battery to get low enough for Loona to return autonomously.
You can find the facebook post here: How to exit and execute room mapping for Loona robot | Robots Around The House Facebook Group
Otherwise you have to wait for the battery to get low enough for Loona to return autonomously.
You can find the facebook post here: How to exit and execute room mapping for Loona robot | Robots Around The House Facebook Group
LoonaOwner
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If it comes to that. This is a ready-made implementation of zoning (like a robot vacuum cleaner). In my dreams, the developers have added forbidden zones for loona. Every day, she wakes up and doesn't go for a walk around the house; instead, she purposefully goes to the animal room and turns everything upside down (plates, bowls, bedding, toilets, and poop). I have observed and noticed a very strange behavior: when she sees a bowl of water, she turns on the bull and forcefully rams the bowl. It's like she understands what she sees and does. 
I have decent pets with good manners. They're shocked.
I have decent pets with good manners. They're shocked.
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markjamesmurphy
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I just had great success trying out the mapping feature.
I made 6 route maps, following the instructions.
On each route, when Loona was right near the charger (and looking in its direction) I would save and name the route.
Then, I experimented by carrying Loona to the starting points and telling her "Hello Loona > Return to charge".
I've tested 3 so far. All were a success!
She doesn't need to be right on the route starting point - she can find it.
When she navigated to the charger, she did it slowly, sometimes stopping to do random things, even spinning sometimes.
When she would get to the charger, sometimes it took her multiple attempts to line up with it, but she did it every time.
The routes I made were from far away places where I knew she could rarely navigate from on her own.
After she charges a bit, I'm going to test the remaining routes (and make some new ones)!
I made 6 route maps, following the instructions.
On each route, when Loona was right near the charger (and looking in its direction) I would save and name the route.
Then, I experimented by carrying Loona to the starting points and telling her "Hello Loona > Return to charge".
I've tested 3 so far. All were a success!
She doesn't need to be right on the route starting point - she can find it.
When she navigated to the charger, she did it slowly, sometimes stopping to do random things, even spinning sometimes.
When she would get to the charger, sometimes it took her multiple attempts to line up with it, but she did it every time.
The routes I made were from far away places where I knew she could rarely navigate from on her own.
After she charges a bit, I'm going to test the remaining routes (and make some new ones)!