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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Looks very pretty. Seems like you chose to compromise a tremendous amount of strength for appearances though. I hope you are planning on using the bumpers as a structural member

From some collision tests and general observation, we don't see too much of a lack of strength. It's more than strong enough all-around - the only primarily weak point is at the "X" cut out on the long side-plates, but even that is fairly strong and will be stabilized further with standoffs yet to come.

Originally Posted by dodar

Just out of curiosity, how come you guys went with belt drive mecanum rather than the normal direct drive?

When you say direct drive, do you mean direct attachment to a gearbox?
There were a few logistical reasons we didn't do that, but overall because we had the resources to make a belt drive right away.