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Re: Any strategy to right or grab a bin on it's side

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
Care to share the idea?

Our claw is able to grasp a container on its side, but not adjust its angle. yet. We just grab the thing and lift, it stays as we grabbed it. Not yet optimized but that's the general idea we're pursuing.
Any "ratchet style" mechanism that can lift totes (such as team indiana's design) can be implemented to lift tipped containers as well. We will be prototyping such mechanism in the next few days.
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