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Re: Centered Hole on frame

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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
The center hole is purposefully lowered to create the condition you're seeing. You don't want all six wheels touching the ground at once, as it may make it difficult for your robot to turn in place. The kitbot provides a frame to you implementing what are commonly considered to be best practices for FIRST robot design.
+1, The six and eight wheels drop center drives are the gold standard in FIRST, in all their iterations and off shoots, such as WCD.
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