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Re: Crate Contraption Standard
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:23:40 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.smart, Brian Davis wrote:
> Brian B. Alano wrote:
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> > The only answer I've come up with it the crate-shoving
> > method employed by SMARTs forklifts.
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> > if it's the only usable one, crate-handling in the
> > initial version may lack some variety.
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> If I can come up with two new ways of doing it, think about the variety that
> will pop up when lot of AFOL are let loose on the problem.
I'm sure many AFoLs will feed on each other's ideas.
My thought was to make a "holding" bin/crate with a trap door at the bottom,
that is opened when a removable crate is put underneath it, or, something else
that's only "active" when the crate is in place...
I'm sure there will be plenty of ideas.
Steve
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| (...) Which brings up a point about the standard. For a "simple" input, my methods (flip-up-able feeder ramp to temporarily hold incoming balls, or gravity-fed empty crates into newly vacated input zone) need very little height beyond the standard (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) As long as the "Type 1" standard doesn't tightly constrain future expansion, I think both are achievable. (...) It seems a good one, but certainly not the only one. For instance, have a empty crates not filled directly, but instead via a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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