We are building a new minibot for championships. It weights 2.5 lbs before lightening and goes up in about 1.2 seconds.
Climbing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gziZ0xODs8
Blooper video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO8DE-l_F28
That was pretty cool. I hope your robot is more reliable at deployment than the people.
See you all at Archimedes.