Team 1114 - Simbot SideSwipe

[Joe G.]

Originally Posted by Jacob Bendicksen

Wow...this thing is just beautiful. Are some pieces missing? It seems odd to have a pretty thin support for a whole stack of totes - I'd expect to see supports on the sides, as well.

I spy some chain loops in the side towers. My guess is that these have hooks on them which work in conjunction with the pneumatic latches to stack totes, and the claw (typically with container in it) is used to provide downwards stabilizing pressure.

Clever design if so. A lot of the chain conveyor based designs have problems with sagging, but doing it on each side of the tote fixes this.

Still something odd going on in the back. Container grabber, maybe?

Also, that roller intake looks like it's been through a LOT of prototype iterations. I'm guessing that the performance of this will play a huge part in setting this machine apart.