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Re: Climbing Mechanism Ideas

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Originally Posted by tickspe15 View Post
Is there any rule against using electromagnets to grip the pyramid.
No, but I'd be concerned about
  1. Whether or not the battery has enough juice to sustain such a powerful enough magnet
  2. What such a powerful magnet would do to the electronics
  3. Whether inspectors would consider such a device to be safe

Not to mention that all outputs are disabled when the match ends and I think such a device is required to be controlled by the cRIO.
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