Compact 1x1 loaders that use electricity. They are able to use separate filters on each belt lane, and can stack items on belts if stack inserters are available.
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Augmented or new ways of transporting materials - belts, inserters, pipes!
Entities which interact with the circuit network.
I'd suggest using the graphics from this library, as he offers it to other mods as just a graphics package if wanted.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/aai-loaders
I will add that functionality as soon as done with the migration from miniloader code.