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Re: Climbing Mechanism Ideas

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Originally Posted by mendeleev79 View Post
A problem with this, however, is that the first level is only 30 inches off the ground, which might make it difficult to accomplish the lifting mechanism shown.

Any ideas on this?
Quote:
A ROBOT has CLIMBED its PYRAMID if it contacts the PYRAMID in
A. sequential order (Level 0, 1, 2, 3) during ascent and B. no more than two (2) Levels simultaneously.
Emphasis mine

I'm interpreting this that you don't have to "climb" the first level, merely touch it. So maybe if you did a Robot-in-3-days-esque climber that barely lifts the robot at all, and that would be enough to "contact" the first level and continue on to the second.
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