Thread: Is this allowed in on the Minibot?
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Re: Is this allowed in on the Minibot?
According to <G19> you could use it to make sure your minibot remains attached to the pole as it climbs, or if your electromagnets are powered by one of the motors you might be able to get away with it for vertical movement (but even this i'm not sure of I would ask Q&A). Regardless all of your minibot's vertical movement must come from the motors in some way, and no energy can be stored on your minibot before deployment.


<G19> After DEPLOYMENT, MINIBOTS must remain completely autonomous and move
up the POST solely through electric energy provided after DEPLOYMENT by the
permitted, unaltered battery and converted to mechanical energy by the
permitted unaltered motors (and associated, appropriate circuitry).