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Originally Posted by martin417
Peachtree update:
It looks like, for peachtree at least, all this worry was for naught.  |
Seems I have heard that somewhere before...
As for the 190 design, if the curved pipe does not contact the tower above the 18" mark there is no violation there. The minibot is using the electric energy stored in it's legal battery to drive so no violation there. The GDC has ruled that the motors on the minibot can be running prior to deployment so there is no violation there. However, G19 may apply if it can be proven that gravity is actually adding to the minibot's ability to climb the pole. I cannot see that a downward movement on a pipe adds anything to the upward motion of the minibot. What goes down does have to come back up afterall.
<G19> MINIBOTS must remain completely autonomous and move up the POST solely through electric energy provided after the start of DEPLOYMENT by the permitted, unaltered battery and converted to mechanical energy by the permitted unaltered motors (and associated, appropriate circuitry). Violation: The TOWER on which the MINIBOT is DEPLOYED is disabled. If the MINIBOT is DEPLOYED on something other than a TOWER, then the ALLIANCE’S TOWER upon which the highest RACE SCORE was earned will be discounted.
<G19> means that HOSTBOTS are not allowed to launch the MINIBOT up the pole at the TARGET, or otherwise contribute to the vertical movement of the MINIBOT. Energy for vertical movement may not be stored in the MINIBOT before DEPLOYMENT (except that which is contained within the battery and excluding incidental kinetic energy stored in the motors or wheels, but NOT, for example, in a flywheel).