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On Sunday we attended the SoCal Scrimmage and learned the robot was 28 pounds overweight! We were also top-heavy and tipped twice during scrim matches.

So, Monday and Tuesday we scrambled to rebuild almost everything -- shortening the entire frame, rebuilding lightweight versions of a ramp lowering arm, removing extra drive motors. Since we didn't have a full-robot scale to use, we threw all parts taken off the bot into a box, which we would weigh periodically.

And the term "Put it in the box!" has since been coined, and stuck with the students enough to become a new team motto. Celebrating every time the box gained an extra pound.
We managed to reduce the bot's height from 59" to 42", still allowing enough room for ball storage and lowering the CG significantly. We've lost ~22 pounds in the process so we still have a little more to go, but we'll get there!