[jvriezen]

Just saw this thread and haven't read it all, but I can see a concern about and bots touching totes while in the chute. A nice loader sounds good, but think about the bad cases. If the tote is partially in the chute and a bot imparts a force in any direction other than continuing its path out of the chute (up, down, sideways) there is a reasonable risk the chute/door mechanism will be damaged, because totes are much more robust than other games pieces we've used and will transit that force quite well.

Imagine a bot rushing to receive a tote, and the door being opened early, and the bot ramming the tote from the side as the tote is half way out of the door.