Hmmm, maybe I misread the team update too…
So is a mechanism that positions another team for an end game task, but requires assistance from another team, legal? I think so, but it’s murkier than I thought a minute ago.
FWIW, we had the same buddy climb on our robot until recently when it was removed for weight. I thought it might come back though.
It is not illegal to have a bar on your robot that others use to hang. For instance, you could be in air when they latch on to you and do a pull up.
The potential issue is having other robots utilize specialized assemblies/hooks/designs provided at a competition to interface with your robot in a particular way.
That kills the usefulness of a buddy climb if they still have to reach to a bar and do a pull up. But eh, it would indeed be legal. If the “cheesecake” is ruled out, we’d ditch the whole system
Whether the cheesecake is legal or not, it should be easy enough to supply your partners with the instructions and raw materials to fabricate their own hooks at competition. All you really need are a few angle brackets, some poly-carbonate or aluminum plate, and basic power tools that the majority of teams have. That way the mechanism is of the team’s own creation and the anti-cheesecake rules don’t apply.
Everyone is talking about the amazing triple climb, but I am wondering what the pool noodles just behind the intake are doing? My guess would be centering of the balls, but I don’t really know how that would work.
I didn’t know we had pool noodles behind our intake, we have PG gearmotors. Can you post a screenshot of what you’re talking about?
Sorry, that appears to be what they are. I am just unfamiliar with those motors 
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