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Originally Posted by MrForbes
There are too many variables here....are you talking about robots that are designed to get totes only from the human player? or only from the landfill? or from either? How does having an active intake, compare to having a mostly self aligning "passive" intake? There are lots of ways to get ahold of totes. Some will be faster than others, and whether or not they are "active" probably won't be the only discerning factor.
I like how the yes and no votes are split pretty evenly right now....
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Absolutely. There are way to many designs teams could be going with for this game to draw a line of whether or not an 'active intake mechanism' is necessary at all to be competitive.
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Originally Posted by NWChen
If your robot follows a specific strategy (e.g. feeding from the human player), then how would an active intake improve your ability to acquire totes from the human player and thus be competitive?
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Thats kinda an odd question to pose as a poll, but I see what you were going for.