Answer to if the Minibot needs to stay at the top of the pole

[Jon Stratis]

While our team hasn't started on the minibot design yet, I couldn't help think about it during a few slow work days earlier this week... It should be possible to have a minibot that turns on when it hits the tower, drives up the tower, and turns off when it gets to the top, allowing it to glide down. If that doesn't work, run the motors in reverse once you hit the top and drive down the tower.

In theory (we haven't gotten the minibot kit from FIRST Choice yet, so we can't even play with anything there), with a proper setup, this can be done (at least electronically) with the two allowed motors, a battery, and 3 switches. It might take a little creativity on a team's part to do it with such a minimal setup... but it is, in theory, possible!