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Originally Posted by Chris is me
For what it's worth, we aren't certain the KOP chassis is smaller, we just know it all fits in a smaller box.
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Agreed. It is valuable for teams to be able to make large-chassis robots but never an absolute necessity for success. Rookie teams, while creative, typically do not find ways to make effective us of a full-size chassis. Thus, the change in kit bot size is probably the result of AM and FIRST's push in the past few years to cut material costs.
Since this is a year where the pattern suggests a non-ball game pieces, what are outlying (frequently used or never used) shapes for game pieces? Tetras have been mentioned in this thread, which seem cool but would be less durable than even the orbit balls from Lunacy. Life rafts seem an obvious possibility.