Possible Robot Design?

[Edxu]

I was just thinking, since the frame perimeter rules were taken away, one could theoretically build a VEX-type robot which is basically a crate containing the robot(s) which fall out after the end of auton.

Are there any rules that specifically prevent the construction of two 3-CIM robots that are electrically/mechanically connected?

The only rule problem I can see would be G25, but that doesn't seem very relevant either.

[CalTran]

I suppose that as long as you control the robot with the same battery/roboRio/other one-of components, and have all 8 sides of your "robot" have number displays, nothing is stopping you from doing that.

Exactly what benefit are you trying to achieve from that? If I understand correctly, you're looking for something reminiscent of 2002 "minibots" which were designed to get back to the home zone for end of match points.

[Edxu]

I was just considering what ways to score points, and a stacking efficiency was one of the things that I considered. If you can separately push 2-high stacks, your stacking speed would increase.

[nxtmonkeys]

You could have a bot that has space for a tote inside of it (as a lift/intake/whatever) and have a mini-bot sit in there and deploy at the start of the match.

[CalTran]

Interesting idea. To be sure I'd say take it up with the Q&A tomorrow, but one of the first issues that comes to mind is the degree of difficulty that would come from trying to drive two separate robots that are mechanically connected.

[GDB]

So basically you want two robots but they actually are connected but will be used for different jobs? What do you have in mind for each "robot"?

[Andrew Schreiber]

So basically you want two robots but they actually are connected but will be used for different jobs? What do you have in mind for each "robot"?

Something like:

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