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Re: What materials do you most commonly use on your robots?
The KOP only gives you a basic drivable base, so there is a lot more you'll need to beg, borrow or buy.
You'll need raw material for any superstructure/manipulators/mechanisms, additional speed controllers to control any motors beyond the basic drive motors that you'll get.
You may need to purchase extra 12v competition batteries, more (FRC legal) motors, nuts & bolts, rivets, tools, the list goes on for quite a while.
If you have a nearby veteran team then visit them to look at last year's robot. or find photos online of robots. Most of what you see will need to be added over and above what the Kit supplies.
You may not know what all you may need until the game is revealed and you settle on a robot design.
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Last edited by Mark McLeod : 05-12-2013 at 20:28.
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