[kramarczyk]

I like a spin off of Richard's minibot in a tube idea. Have the tube be a lever that opens a gate releasing game pieces, but set it up so that the mass of the minibot creates the torque needed to open the gate. Heavier minibots would open the gate further as would minibots closer to the end of the tube. Minibots would be able to run out the end of the tube, so some smarts would be required to go just... far... enough. Teams would be able to use the minibot to control the rate at which game pieces are released if they really engineer the minibot and include some intelligence. A really enterprising team might have their minibot go back and forth, opening and closing the gate during the match, possibly with a period that matches their scoring cycle.

A tube on a pivot controlling a gate. Do we allow a string or not?