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Re: Need inspiration on how to harvest or pick up frisbees

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While I too had the same idea, the problem with utilizing a floor roller to a sheet of material is that the floor isn't flat. Around each corner of the pyramid is the little lip. A polycarb sheet may get caught and break; aluminum thin enough for a Frisbee to pass over would bend.
What if the pick up system was spring loaded? So it could bounce over the lip. And if you rolled the metal over so that is was rounded on the end, straight edges wouldn't get caught on the carpet. We haven't tried prototyping this yet, so I'm not sure how it will work outside of theory.
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