We were discussing how we're going to attach stuff to our robot, this past Saturday. We plan to use the kit chassis, but with slight modification to allow us to use the 6" version of the black/white kit style wheels. We already had a bunch of extra new wheels from a previous year. Doing this allows a thick piece of plywood to fit below the chassis.
But we also realized that our robot design this year makes it more sensible to not have the electronics mounted on the bottom of the robot. Our plan is to build a thin box to mount the electronics on the back of the robot, facing outward, and cover the box with a polycarbonate sheet. We first used this method in 2009 and it worked really well. Of course this year, the box will be a different size and orientation, to match the current electronics footprint, as well as the robot size/shape.
