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Re: Bomb Squad 2015: Two Minute Warning

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Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14 View Post
Those arms are so nifty! I can't think of a better word to use. How many totes can you stack at one time? Your elevator doesn't seem to be the most efficient design in terms of space.
We can hold/stack 5 at a time. The spacing was intentional in order to completely raise the bottom tote we are holding above the next tote to be picked up. Given the other constraints around the robot and other objectives, we couldn't get 6 totes and have sufficient spacing. Therefore, we maximized the amount of space between totes to make the pickup as fast as possible.