Climbing Mechanism Ideas

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Originally Posted by mrnoble

So Q&A clarified some things today. The following are now confirmed true:

1) The floor is level 0; not the footings of the pyramid.
2) The airspace and the pyramid are not the same thing for climbing legalities. Your robot can "exist" in the airspace of levels 1, 2 and 3 at the same time as long as it only touches the pyramid on two or less of those levels at once.

Question: does anyone think it would be a good idea to plan for the following scenario?

Robot A successfully climbs to level 3 and lowers a winch with a "claw" (or other lifting device) to robot B, waiting on the ground. The winch doesn't touch the ground (thus nullifying the climb), only the top of robot B. It lifts robot B off the ground. If B is only lifted to level 1, both robots get only 10 points each. If lifted to level 2, both robots get 20 points each. In certain circumstances, robot B might be lifted as high as level 3.

This would only work if alliance robots have some sort of bar attached to the top of their robot which allows them to be lifted. Level 3 could only be accomplished if both bots were tiny and well balanced.

Worth the effort?

The way to score points for climbing is, the robot has to touch each level as it climbs, so robot B would get zero points.