Re: Trash-Bot

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since trash cans are ususally tapered a carrier with basketball hoop
style rings would only allow the cans to be placed upright.

From:Bill Kearney
wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx

>> I want to do something similiar.  But I wanted the bot to leave it
>> at the curb.  And getting the can off itself and onto the curb
>> seemed too hard.
>
> Don't bother.  Just automate the can or a carrier.  The downside, of
> course, would be getting the trash guys to leave the damned thing
> upright so it could return to storage.  Somehow robotwars comes to
> mind with automatic righting devices.
>
> I don't think it'd be all that good an idea to attach the
> motor/carrier directly to a can.  The way they smack around the cans
> would wreak havoc on any sort of motorized assembly.
>
> Better to leave the cans separate and try to find ways to encourage
> them being put back into the carrier.  If you're dealing with being
> disabled it might be reasonable to ask the guys on the truck and/or
> the dispatch office to help a little more than usual.  No guarantees,
> of course, and not all areas have cooperative personnel.  But it'd be
> worth asking.
>
> -Bill Kearney