Crane idea....

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Ken Joe 5625

then it would be like the claw games at the arcade. it will take you forever to pick up one crate.

I believe that picking up totes from the landfill pack will prove more difficult than most teams think.

[JerryBoruLi]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I believe that picking up totes from the landfill pack will prove more difficult than most teams think.

I think the best strategy is somehow separate the totes from the wall...maybe a bar that just pushes the totes toward your side? That'll also grant easy and quick access to the bins/totes on the step.

Or you can do something like Robot in 3 days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa6wvzM2naA#t=228
this solution is more feasible if you want to use those bins right away

[IronicDeadBird]

A crane would work, in fact cranes do that all the time in the real world they move stuff. The question you need to ask when developing a strategy is not "will it work?" because anything will work if fine tuned right the question we ask when theory crafting is "is this viable?"