[darist]

good thinking!

No concrete ideas on my part yet, but certainly think this can be a valuable thread!

I also think a standard set of outputs from the robot can be helpful. Then one team team can design a self-contained mini-bot and deployer. The deployer can be attached to any robot as long as the robot provides the right signals, like a relay output, a digital output, and/or a PWM output. So team A can make a mini-bot and deployer (deployer easily attached to another robot's chasis) that uses a piston to deploy. Team B may want to use a digital output to deplay. Team C may want both a digital output and a piston. Team D may want to make the robot deploy with a PWM signal that goes to motor...

Still thinking out loud here, but lets keep the ideas flowing.