[EricH]

Originally Posted by jamie_1930

My final thought and question to you now is, why not just tip the tower over. Looking at the design of the tower it is connected to the field with just velcro, so are we allowed to just tip the pole over?

You don't just tip something that's attached to carpet with industrial strength velcro. Trust me on this--I've done a little too much field setup/teardown. If you're lucky it's not on a base plate that is covered with carpet too--and that's just the setup I'd suspect.

Besides risks of damage and all that.

What if the motors could simply be stopped and allowed to be backdriven? Maybe with a slight loosening of pole clamps. This would allow gravity to take over, but in a (mostly) controlled manner.

How about a long pole with a fork on the end that fits around the pole? Put it above the minibot and pull down until it's within range of your tallest drive team member.