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Originally Posted by toramo
Fantastic work 1124, 610 and 1547 and congratulations! What an amazing performance, and it's only week two.
Could someone explain how the tethered ramps work? I mean I certainly see how they speed up feeding from the human player station, but how do you configure the ramp(s) for the three robots as you all are in transport configuration, on the field during match set-up, and then during the match?
I could tell from the webcast that a ramp was in place. I just couldn't figure out how it got there.
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I'm not on either of the teams so someone feel free to correct me.
1114's ramp is large enough that they can preload 4 totes on the ramp. This benefits them since their robot can stack faster than a human player can feed through the chute door. I have heard (not done the math myself) that they actually can do stacks from the feeder station faster than 148 this way.
I believe that 610's is primarily for making sure that totes that come out of the feeder station land in the correct orientation every time. It is similar to teams placing a tote in front of the chute door to catch all totes that drop out.