pic: MAK Team 211 Hangin'

[MasterZeus]

Thanks for the compliments. I haven't seen anyone else hanging off the side yet. I sure others are out there.

In the team Q&A section, this question has been asked several times. The answer they always gave is that you are allowed to touch the vertical bar, but not support yourself on it. Our mech engineer was paranoid of touching it. So we made our robot capable of hanging just fine without touching it at all.

The top arm flips up automatically when the telescope raises. Limits shut off the telescope when it is 10' high. So basically, all you do is raise the telescope all the way and drive at the arm. Little fingers on the arm spring back and hold us to the bar without the risk of falling off backwards.

It is working much better than most of us on the team thought it would.