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Re: Programmers on the Drive Team

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Originally Posted by TimTheGreat View Post
Probably the most helpful thing we did for me this year was automated pickup. If I drive into the totes, it picks it up, and if I hold a button it drives until the robot is square with a tote, then raises. Makes our team 200% more efficient.
Mind sharing how you're going about detecting the majority of this? I could understand some sort of touch-based sensor for the automated tote pickup but that might be iffy and would require a large detector. How are you squaring yourself up with a tote?