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Re: Thoughts on whether the size change will be permanent?

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Originally Posted by connor.worley View Post
Small robots cost less
We have yet to save any money due to the smaller footprint and extension limits. The metal itself is a small portion of our robot cost.

We have saved a lot of robot money in speed controllers and in many mechanical parts due to the new low-cost Vex Pro and reduced price AndyMark components. The savings from these two alone is far larger than reducing the robot size by 10", likely several orders of magnitude larger.

I am not a fan of the 54" cylinder including the bumper, but I don't mind the footprint rules.
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