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Unread 11-01-2011, 00:33
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Re: Minibot Standardization (FRC 2011: Logomotion)

Maybe I am reiterating a part (or parts) of other posts already here, but if teams were to make a standardized deployment system, would it make more sense to "standardize" a method of connections (ie 1 per axis of the 12 inch cube) and their orientation? Or The deployment method itself?

If the connection locations and methods were to be standardized, I can picture a bunch of different designs (benefiting Veteran teams) with a universal hook up system that could benefit all teams by being able to "lock and load" many bots (ie especially rookies who haven't built a MiniBot could just build in the universal compartment, and be ready).

I don't know of a connection method off the top of my head, but I am sure there are methods that could work well for something like this.

Also, like darist was saying, a name for this would be cool, and I thought of BUMP. For Basic Universal MiniBot Package.