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Re: pic: Recycle Rush Re-design

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
The window to hit is smaller, but the arm can be shorter with this technique, which results in a lighter arm that can theoretically be moved faster. There is also no contest for the grabbing location if you go for the handle versus the top of the lid. It's a design tradeoff that doesn't necessarily have a right or wrong answer - very successful teams used both methods to burgle cans on Einstein.
Actually at a certain point the weight of the arm doesn't matter at all. Or you end up snapping it by going too fast
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