Thread: Do minibots need to stay at the top of the pole?
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Re: Do minibots need to stay at the top of the pole?
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Originally Posted by Waffles View Post
The launching thought has come up SO many times, but the ruling as far as minibots after being deployed states that:

<G46> MINIBOTS may only be used to climb the TOWER.

So it's dependent on whatever GDC defines 'climb' as.

Also:



<R92> Does not necessarily rule out springs. Part J says that you can have:

non-metallic rope or cord.

But yeah, refer to <R92> for all the FTC bot components that are usable.
The limits are what is in the specific kits. There are no springs in the list, so if you use a spring it would be on your host robot, and would need to conform to safety and envelope rules regarding that bot. You want to use stored force you're going to need to use the rubber bands or surgical tubing route.
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