So, our team has decided that at the time being, the easiest way for us to get our robot up is with the aid of some pneumatics. So, we attacked last years robot (Rebound Rumble) to the strongest cylander we had. It lifted the robot, sorta slow, but our compressor was also very small (one that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a car)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOMYH...ature=youtu.be
Here is the link to us lifting our robot, and the amazement we had when one of our prototypes actually worked as planned!