[Pi Is Exactly 3]

We measured 10' 6" and that's only when the scissors make 90degree angles. So it can go higher, but probably not gonna happen.

Then we're adding a manipulator on top of that, it'll be a little less than 4 feet long. So if we wanted to, we could touch something that's 14' high. Hopefully that won't be needed in the competition... or someone's gonna get squished by a falling stack of tetras.