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Re: Tote Bot vs. Container Bot?

By Container Bot, I assume it's a robot that is designed to also grab the 4 middle containers during auto or at the start of teleop. A robot designed and programmed to do this as well as stack the containers is a lot less likely to have efficient tote stacking. There will be very few teams that have both since it's a lot harder for these bots to win a regional. Even at the finals of a regional, a container specialist won't be incredibly useful until more than 3 stacks are made. I think tote+container robots will be a lot more common than a few dozen teams but these teams will probably not be able to go for the 4 middle recycling containers.
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