1678's Roughly 1 Second Minibot

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I recall there was another thread where Ether and some other folks had started a discussion on energy and deployment methods such as this. I don't recall what (if any) determination was made. The minibot still must accelerate itself vertically the same distance, hence, providing the same positive change in potential energy, therefore requiring the same amount of work to be done no? Was there some sort of mathematical reason it ends up being faster deploying with a ramp? Or is the minibot propelled horizontally by the hostbot to give it momentum before it makes a transition to the inclined portion of the ramp?

Edit: dumb questions, I wasn't thinking, see below.