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docs(api): add comment explaining post-drop slide (#14069)
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fsinapi committed Nov 30, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ async def execute( # noqa: C901
f"Cannot move {current_labware.loadName} to addressable area {area_name}"
)
if fixture_validation.is_gripper_waste_chute(area_name):
# When dropping off labware in the waste chute, some bigger pieces
# of labware (namely tipracks) can get stuck between a gripper
# paddle and the bottom of the waste chute, even after the gripper
# has homed all the way to the top of its travel. We add a "post-drop
# slide" to dropoffs in the waste chute in order to guarantee that the
# labware can drop fully through the chute before the gripper jaws close.
post_drop_slide_offset = Point(
x=(current_labware_definition.dimensions.xDimension / 2.0)
+ (GRIPPER_PADDLE_WIDTH / 2.0)
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