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Re: Picking up frisbees

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Within the robot? Who told you you had to do that?
Nobody... I didn't even say that's what we're doing!

But weight considerations and the fact that frisbees go under bumpers quite easily makes it a strong consideration.

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Our current plan is to allow for the simple (err, "simple") addition of floor loading during Unbag for second districts, but not worry about it until everything else is in order. That said, geometry is misbehaving a little...
Geometry and the fact that Frisbees are just so... Frisbeeish.
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