Must be quite the strong robot. Or you don't weigh much. All the ones I know of can be held in one place by merely grasping the hose with a few fingers.
You understand I was exaggerating? The point was that the hose was wrapped about the yoke knob and I could not immediately release it with camera in hand. I was agreeing with prior posts that the yoke knob can present a potential entanglement hazard.
The robot was capable of climbing the walls of the pool. It had climbed up and when it descended the hose grabbed my yoke knob and the weight of the unit and hose and it's descending momentum as much as anything is what pulled me along as it descended. In the second photo you can see the hose loop formed as the robot climbs the sides, to the far left. That is what grabbed me.
You know, it is really not needed to be 100% on fire all the time
