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Re: pic: 3322 First Design Iteration / Practise Bot

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
You don't have to wait for the human player to finish fishing the gear out before your robot drives away. This shaves a few seconds per cycle, which really adds up.

The low angle of the human load collecting mechanism also makes the loading faster and more reliable than other mechanisms.
Hmm that may be true, but I can't really see how this design allows for the robot to deposit the gear on the spring and drive away without the pilot fishing it out...am I missing something?
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