-- Passive slaves which will get the right items from an external source (eg: diamond pipe) -- Slaves should be aligned with the master local args = { ... } local item = args[1] local threshold = 5 local function count_total() local c = 0 for i = 1, 9 do c = c + turtle.getItemCount(i) end return c end rednet.open("right") while true do -- we are using wireless to get the distance -- so the master should be aligned with the slaves local id, mess, dist = rednet.receive() if mess == args[1] then if count_total() < threshold then rednet.send(id, "empty") else rednet.send(id, "ack") -- GO!!! turtle.down() for i = 1, dist do turtle.forward() end print("I will leave again in 5 seconds...") sleep(5) print("Bye!") for i = 1, dist do turtle.back() end turtle.up() rednet.send(id, "return") print("Back home :)") end end end