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Re: Taking Minibots on Airplanes
About 7 years ago, some students I know from my college were traveling by air to an IEEE Robotics competition. Their robot had a lot of exposed wires and circuit boards. Even though they were checking it in a container, TSA made them take their robot completely apart and they had to rebuild it at their competition. I think this was an extreme situation and there aren't as elements on the minibot that can be "scary" to TSA, but on the same hand I would do what it takes to not have it go through TSA.
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