[ShadowKnight]

Well, looking at one of the posts, I noticed this: "And one other thing about the tetras that may or may not be addressedsoon...holding some of them, a loose nut in one piece of the pipe will cause that part to spin around. Know that if you're planning on building a one-pole grabber." This could be another problem similar to somwhat deflated blass and deformed balls at competition in '04. It wouldn't surprise me if this was considered part of the challenge. If in fact though the edges can spin, then any height advantage gained by grabbing an edge would be lost. (your arm has to extend to a little less than 9 feet, if you're doing an arm that pivots at the base of the robot)