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This looks awesome. What type of plywood are you planning on using? Also are you using epoxy or wood glue?

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We're using birch plywood. The wood will be attached using reular wood glue and staples.

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Baltic birch I am assuming? I am looking into wood this year as it seems like I can build a much better frame for this game from wood than aluminum. Now I just need to convince the team that a wood frame can work.

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We'll know in about two months :)

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Cool. Is the front part of the bot open for ball collecting?

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Yes, the front opening is for ball harvesting. This frame is designed toallow as much room low to the ground as possible for anything that the manipulator might need.

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Small update: we got the frame glued and stapled together today, went pretty quickly. The bare frame (no motors, transmissions, wheels, electronics, anything) weighs 16.4 lbs.

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looks awesome! So how strong is it? I can't wait to get ours going together.

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We haven't put much weight on it as the glue is still wet, but I expect it will be a little stronger than our pre-season prototype.