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Unread 23-12-2015, 22:02
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Re: pic: Recycle Rush Re-design

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Originally Posted by EmileH View Post
The intake rollers do actuate out - it's hard to see from the render but there is a pneumatic piston there.
Yes, there are pistons that actuate the intakes in and out. As for the bot's ability to do coopertition, I never intended this to have that function. Maybe the intakes are high enough to do it, and if it does, then I can use the intakes to roll the yellow totes out. However, for this bot it's all about the stacking. If this were in a competition, I would love the 40 points from the yellow totes, but making consistent stacks looks better for scouting. That was my logic for that.

As for dropping a stack less than 6 totes, yes the bot does have to back up a little because of the bin grabber arm. It's a disadvantage, but I kind of also wanted to do such a mechanism because I never made such things in CAD before, and I wanted to try it out.
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