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Re: Wheel less mini bots.

Surgical tubing.
It needs to be changed after about 5 matches.

For us.
minibot must weigh less than 2.5 lbs
(we tried it on a 4.3 lb minibot with laughable results)

Normal force of the wheels on the pole must be in the right range.
(we use rubber bands to create the right normal force - other teams use magnets)
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