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Re: Tips for a multi-level robot

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Originally Posted by xtantheta View Post
I am pretty sure that this is the first year that we are going to use a robot with more than one "floor", so to speak. The lower level will contain the 'base' elements, like the crio, pdb, etc. and the upper level will have everything that does the special tasks.

Does anyone have experience with something like this? Any special methods or placement of parts that would optimize the operation of the bot?
My team does this just about every year, best thing is to keep everything Modular, and as already stated a good CENTER OF GRAVITY.