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Re: Kit Chassis

The kit is awesome for beginner teams and vets alike. We're not using it this year for us, but i'm sure it can be worked to make due for this year.

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
This year we plan to make another steel chassis, it's pretty entertaining watching people see it and shake their heads in disbelief
We're doing this, this year. The biggest reason was how much easier it is to weld, we really wanted as many aspects of our robot to be done by our students instead of the mentors welding it.

I can't wait to see people's faces when we tell them it's steel!

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Originally Posted by Karthik View Post
http://www.simbotics.org/resources/kitbot

You'll find everything you need on this page, if you choose to go with this design.
We built something like this last year for a "develop-bot" so the programmers can perfect their code during bag and tag. We used plywood for the middle and it worked out great. It was actually very sturdy and easy to screw things to the floor.