Minibot (Tetrix) Questions

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by BrandonQ

1. The "mini-kit" we're using at the moment doesn't have much in terms of controllability. It seems that we have two motors, one on-off switch, a battery, and nothing else. How are teams controlling these things?

Since the robots must be completely autonomus, we are just having a switch trigger as the minibot is deployed, powering the motors.

Even though plexiglass isn't polycarbonate, it's not allowed as a substitute, I assume

Acrylic is not allowed. Also, it would quickly break anyway.

Are springs allowed on the minibot? The rules don't say anything about them, but we -are- allowed to use rubber bands and surgical tubing.

The rules prohibit anything not on the whitelist of allowed parts. You are also not allowed to use stored energy to vertically climb the pole, other than through the battery (e.g. the minibot must climb using the tetrix motors)