 Auto Arm
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| Details | |
| Tier | Medium |
| Group | Item |
| Type | Automation |
| Crafted at |  Small Printer
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| Recipe |  Aluminum Graphite
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| Unlock Cost | 1,500 Bytes |
The Auto Arm is an automation item in Astroneer. It allows players to automate the movement of items around their bases, with the ability to transfer Tier 1 items from one slot to another.
Source[]
| Output | Input | Module |
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 Auto Arm
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Aluminum Graphite
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Small Printer
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Uses[]
The Auto Arm allows players to automate moving and storage of items, working well with Medium and Large Resource Canisters.
- In order to function, the Auto Arm must be placed on a Tier 2 slot supplied with power. Once powered, the arm can be toggled on and off either manually or using a sensor/repeater.
- The Arm's input/output areas can be viewed by hovering the cursor over the arm.
- The Input area is marked by a green circle.
- The Output area is marked by a blue circle.
- When turned on, the arm will:
- Search for items in its Input area,
- Pick up items in its Input area,
- Rotate around 180 degrees,
- Search for an open slot in the Output area,
- Place the item in the open slot, then repeating the procedure.
- If no empty slot is available, the arm will hold the item until a slot frees up.
- The slot in the center of the Arm is the filter slot. If an item is placed in this slot, the Auto Arm will only pick up that item type.
- The Auto Arm will consume power at all times, even when idle.
- Power Consumption Rate: 1 U/s
Notes[]
- The Auto Arm can pick up most, if not all, Tier 1 items (with very few exceptions). Some interesting things the Arm can pick up include:
- Tethers
- Glowsticks
- Small Debris Pieces (Broken Tethers, Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, etc)
- Research Samples
- Tier 1 Crates
- Items from the Ingredient Plinth, Backpack Printer Plinth, and certain items from the Small Printer Plinth
- The Auto Arm can pick and place from/to nearly all tier 1 slots. There are only a few exceptions to this functionality:
- The arm does not pull items from the Astroneer's backpack
- The arm does not pull items directly from other arms or from an arm's filter slot
- The arm cannot place items into another arm's filter slot
- The arm cannot place items directly into a printer's slots
- The arm will place items on the player's backpack and Terrain Tool
- The Auto Arm can extend upwards to reach high-up slots, but this upwards range is not infinite.
- Some Tier 1 items cannot be filtered.
Trivia[]
- The Auto Arm was shown off on many SES Dev Twitch streams.
Media[]
Auto Arm Icon
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