Mini Bot Power

[TGA Reaper]

I know that you can't control the mini bot in any way, but I was wondering in the interest weight reduction if you could power the mini bot from the host bot.

thoughts on legality?

[BJC]

It's not allowed. Not only can your mini bot not extend outside 12" by 12" by 12", but your big robot now cannot assist the mini-bot up the pole in any way. It must go up by its own power. Furthermore, a mini-bot now can't store energy in flywheels, surgical tubing, etc. All of this based on the week 1 update found here.

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...nt.aspx?id=450

[TGA Reaper]

Originally Posted by BJC

It's not allowed. Not only can your mini bot not extend outside 12" by 12" by 12", but your big robot now cannot assist the mini-bot up the pole in any way. It must go up by its own power. Furthermore, a mini-bot now can't store energy in flywheels, surgical tubing, etc. All of this based on the week 1 update found here.

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...nt.aspx?id=450

ah I did not see the second page of the update, thanks

also wouldn't the wheel act as a fly wheel?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TGA Reaper

ah I did not see the second page of the update, thanks

also wouldn't the wheel act as a fly wheel?

Sure, but if you look at those handy blue boxes, that would count as incidental kinetic energy.