Tote Bot vs. Container Bot?

[Canon reeves]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I don't see this happening....moving around a two tote stack with a container on top requires very careful, slow maneuvering, and if the container doesn't fall off, it will eat up a lot of time. Although if you have a design for a robot that can do it quickly, I'd love to be proven wrong.

Maybe so, I'm unsure, I haven't been able to test it any, but if it isn't possible there won't stacks with 6 totes and a recycle container. I think it's more feasible if the container is just on one tote that is placed near the stack for the container bot to put it on, then the tote bot lifts it and puts it on top of the desired height, if it takes less than 30 seconds it could be worth it depending on the stack. If you had one robot that primarily stacked, another that placed the container on totes, and another that stacked the totes with containers on the stacks, you would have a pretty efficient and competitive alliance.

Here is Ri3D team greenhorn doing it with three, they moved relatively slow, but with two or one it would be even quicker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iuWBKRj4Q#t=206