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Originally Posted by EricH
Memory foam was never on the allowed materials list for the Minibot. However, it's not on the disallowed materials list for the Hostbot.
I had an idea: If the robot's arm just so happened to be up at the end of the match, just so happened to be about 10' tall, and just so happened to have a device at a shoulder joint that would allow any claws to be operated by hand without robot power being turned on, I don't think the refs can use the "special equipment" rule to disallow that being used to bring the Minibot down. It's part of the Robot, after all...
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I know it was never allowed. And your idea sounds very possible and smart. Our team is deploying our minibot by using drawer glides attached to a scissor type of device. I thought with your idea, if it would a good idea to put the memory foam on the end of the scissor where the minibot would deploy onto the pole. Now my concern is the hostbot is allowed to have a part of itself on the pole platforms when the minibot is deployed onto the pole