[DonRotolo]

I have two words for you: Ouch and d'oh!

Seriously, this is engineering. We try things, learn WHY it did not work, fix that, and take tiny (iterative) steps forward. Good work.

Our deploy system has the minibot sitting on a square peg. That keeps it attached to our deploy system. When minibot hits the pole, there's only one way to go, up.

You can use two round poles instead. Just be careful that NO part of the minibot touches the hostbot (e.g., square pole) once the minibot gets to the deployment line.