# START HERE

### So you want to build an intake
Well, probably need to. How do you choose where to start? Try not to duplicate the knowledge contained here: [Game Manual 0](https://gm0.org/en/latest/docs/common-mechanisms/passive-intake-claw.html)

"touch it - own it"

### Active vs. Passive
i.e. claw vs. roller

### Squishy vs. Rigid
A maxim of robotics handed down for generations reads thus:
"For squishy game pieces use hard wheels, for hard game pieces use squishy wheels"

### Stick out vs. Internal
have it stick outside your frame? drop down in front? leave a gap for things to go through?