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Re: multiple tetra stacking

I didn't see anyone worried about the strength of such an arm. The problem is stability of your robot. Try calculating the momments around the farthest edge of your robot. There is really no way you are not going to fall over. And how exactly does stowing a large number of tetras increase your tetras/min? The closest goals to the loading stations are very close. I suspect you will spend significantly more time loading and unloading then traveling, so multiple tetras does not help you that much.
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