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Unread 22-01-2011, 18:48
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Re: Minibot climb rate

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Nor do we have to cart a reachin' stick out on the field after every match to get our minibot down.
It would appear that a "reachin' stick" is not allowed per the rules

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=16331

You can't carry anything functional into the arena except the operator console.

So now, getting the robot to come down off of the tower seems like a pretty important part of the design.
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