Team Update #18

[boomergeek]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

I would say that if the track is horizontal and fully below the deployment line it is legal. However, if it starts above the deployment line, uses gravity to gain momentum, then deploys below the line, I would say it is illegal because it used potential energy to impart vertical motion.

I see it slightly differently:
The track PRIOR to the DEPLOYMENT cylinder needs to be horizontal (or upward) and should not be longer than the length of the minibot (plus a grace distance of couple inches). Long horizontal tracks spanning the HOSTBOT would violate <G19>.

The shape of the ramp within the deployment cylinder can be any shape because the shape does not create additional energy.

If a team uses a ramp, the HOSTBOT must remain perfectly stationary while the MINIBOT is moving on the RAMP, otherwise it is not clear if the HOSTBOT is adding energy to the MINIBOT.