A fix creates a problem ...

[earlybird]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

So in this case the HOSTBOT could lift the MINIBOT to the DEPLOYMENT LINE but then the MINIBOT would climb off the HOSTBOT and continue up the pole after DEPLOYMENT.

According to <G19> the mini bot would have to be latched on to the pole at the deployment line. My interpretation of the rule is that once it is in contact with the tower or possibly even breaks the plane the hostbot can't move the minibot in a vertical direction at all with out risking a penalty, even if it just lifts the mini bot up to the deployment line.

<G19> MINIBOTS must remain completely autonomous and move up the POST solely through
electric energy provided after DEPLOYMENT by the permitted, unaltered battery and
converted to mechanical energy by the permitted unaltered motors (and associated,
appropriate circuitry).
Violation: The TOWER on which the MINIBOT is DEPLOYED is disabled. If the MINIBOT is
DEPLOYED on something other than a TOWER, then the ALLIANCE’S TOWER upon which
the highest RACE SCORE was earned will be discounted.

<G19> means that HOSTBOTS are not allowed to launch the MINIBOT up the pole
at the TARGET, or otherwise contribute to the vertical movement of the MINIBOT.
Energy for vertical movement may not be stored in the MINIBOT before
DEPLOYMENT (except that which is contained within the battery and excluding
incidental kinetic energy stored in the motors or wheels, but NOT, for example, in a
flywheel).