Thanks for the suggestions, I'll keep it in mind in case we ever have this issue again.
It ended up weighing about 32 pounds, it was actually a little lighter than we were expecting. It was all made out of steel tubing and sheet metal, because it was easier to weld together and we had access to a bunch of it.
And yes we are planning on powdercoating it, we figure if we do that and add some LEDs our bot will look a lot prettier for demos
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2014: Utah Regional - Semi-Finalists (1619 & 399)
2013: Utah Regional - Quarter-Finalists (1332 & 3562)
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