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Unread 09-01-2011, 00:47
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Re: Catapulting minibot

What I was wondering was what constituted a robot, and what the minimum definition of a mini-bot was, because if it is just any extension to the robot that can latch onto the pole and/or detach from the robot, then I could just build a little box that houses a lot of pre-tensioned surgical tubing, clipped to the pole with a carabiner or something similar, positioned so that when it detached to released all of the Potential Energy at once, launching the cube upwards at a very high velocity, I could even add a foam layer so that it wouldn't hurt the field. I honestly cant think of a faster way to get from point A to B. and input on the legality of it or the minimum requirements of a mini-bot (i.e. a brain, batteries, motors, ect.) would be greatly appreciated.