Abandoning Floor Loading

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Abandoning Floor Loading

View Poll Results: Are you floor loading this year?
Yes, it's vital to our strategy.	57	57.58%
Yes, but we don't think it will be a game changer.	32	32.32%
No, we are opting out of floor loading.	10	10.10%
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11-01-2011, 13:02

GaryVoshol GaryVoshol is offline

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Re: Abandoning Floor Loading

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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

My personal opinion is that picking up off the floor will be incredibly important: Just look at 2007, when did you ever see a robot go all the way to slot to pick up a ring.

Not a fair comparison; in 2007 half the pieces started on the floor, lined up along the diamond-plate.

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