Thread: Mini-bot Ideas
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Unread 10-01-2011, 15:27
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Re: Mini-bot Ideas

Has anybody else come to the conclusion that the mini-bot can be anything? I've read very carefully through the rules and theres no rule that says the mini-bot has to be deployed on the pole or at the tower. All it has to do is trigger the target. Other than obvious safety concerns, theres no rule that says we can't just launch a tennis ball across the field and hit the target. The tennis ball would be the mini-bot. Well a tennis ball isn't allowed i suppose by the mini-bot material rules. So how about throwing a FTC wheel up there? As long as it is a controlled toss it wouldn't pose much of a safety hazard. And it fits all of the rule requirements.

The GDC has to put our some more rules concerning the mini-bot and I think they will. This also explains the mysterious missing section 3.4.14....

Something to think about.
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