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Re: Robot Weight

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Originally Posted by Polaris395 View Post
I think it will be pretty safe to assume that everyone is +/- 10 pounds from 110lbs.
This is a dangerous assumption to make, IMO. Last year, there were 'competitive' robots as light as 90lbs without bumpers and batteries. This year, I'd imagine that there will be a robot or two at each event that are well underweight.

Personally, we're shooting for as low of a weight as is reasonable with the intent of being able to ballast ourselves (method tbd) up to the weight that balances best with our partners, though some testing that teams have done may have proven that this might not be needed.
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