[jman4747]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I just want to reiterate that it's impossible to properly test any floor pickup mechanism without the robot on the floor. There are times when wheels have to be on the ground. A number of good solutions have been proposed, including simply pulling breakers which is really even easier than propping a robot up.

1. Fair point, but just build a wood platform for the tote/can to sit on.

2. Depending on your design geeting to a breaker may not be ideal for repeted tests. It also adds another chance for error. If someome put it back in the wrong spot or worse forgot to turn of the robot first, for example.