Team 179 Robot Improvements

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Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

A trick that I got from 1640 is to let the tote go when it's half way in the chute and quickly open the door. With some practice, it results in the totes lying flat about 90% of the time. It worked pretty well for us at PVDE when we did it. Check out 1640's HP at the bottom right for an example of what I mean.

Our human player is well practiced in both this method (which we prefer) and one we learned from 2016 in south Florida in which you hit the rear of the tote with the door right before it slides out.

We do have about 1 in 15 come out on end/sideways which we can usually right quickly with the lifter arms.