Powered Game Piece Release

[meakerb]

At the start of the match, an Ubertube is to be in contact with the robot. For most robots that have a gripper or other electro-mechanical means of holding the game pieces, this would involve running a motor to open the gripper and then close it on the game piece.

Then at the end of the match, the robots that are holding game pieces would also have to be "run" so that their grippers would open to release the game pieces.

However, the field system will not allow you to "run" your robot before or after a match. Does this mean that the teams will need to bring their classmates (PCs) onto the field and connect directly to them (teathered ethernet connection) in order to open/close their manipulator hands?

Mentor, team 3221