Huh, our team came up with a solution that has both of the ideas in this thread
Our deployer is a drawer slide, which is run by a fisherprice motor and goes straight out the back. The MINIBOT is held on by 4 inch aluminium tubes on the HOSTBOT end, and some PVC on the MINIBOT end. Our MINIBOT's motors start running when it gets a little way off the chassis, with a pin tied to the HOSTBOT and a limit switch on the MINIBOT.
I can see why the GDC likes capitalizing stuff now
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