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Originally Posted by EricH
#2 is the simplest. The drawbridge or a platform device is simple: move ramp/robot to either the base or the pole and let it do its thing. Telling it when to go could be as simple as a bar across the end that when released turns the minibot on or lets it go.
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Originally Posted by Radical Pi
Probably the best way to even be unintentionally compatible with most minibots would be to have a 12x12x12 (or a little more for comfort. Bots have feelings too) box with one side open that the minibot comes out of. On the closed sides of the box would be containment bars to keep the minibot from moving. The open side would have a gap in the bars that allows them to go around the pole. When launching the bot slides out of the box with the top open and climbs
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Why are we specifying exactly how teams must deploy the robots? What about just standardizing that all minibots fit some X size requirement and some Y shape requirement and accept activation by some A,B, or C method and leave the rest up to individual team design? Lets not say 'All minibots must work with this drawbridge deployment mechanism' and rather leave it to everyone to create minibots that dont depend on a single deployment mechanism. Not all teams are going to use such a deployment method, so why limit the standard to just those teams?