[Jstack14]

i see it like this... Teams should be responsible for the "depolyment" of the mini bot. They need to make a way to get the mini bot from their robot to the pole. The part where coopertition can ocme in is the wway the mini bot is attached to this deployment method. I belive the best thing is what has been suggested before, a simple tab with a whole that when the mini bot ciimbs the tower it slides off a screw or bolt through that hole. This way we are not limiting mini bots to be something that must seek the pole, and we are also not limiting robots to having to have a flat surface on top or whatever is agreed upon on their robot. Many designs may have other spaces where a mini bot deployment system will be better used than on top of a robot, and i think teams should create a way to launch the minibot themmselves, because a universal launch system will be very hard. That deployment system should simply be made such that it would work with the universal minibot i.e. aone with a tab at the top with a hole through it...

doing this will prevent us form limiting the minibot design, or requiring that it must seek the pole from the top of the platform. Also this will allow teams to use their space in different manners but still launch another teams minibot.

just my 2 cents...