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Re: pic: 4004 drive base teaser

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
With all the extra holes in the side panel, my first thought was that you'd turned a KOP chassis "inside out", but that supposition doesn't survive closer observation. There also aren't enough holes to save much weight, at least compared to a number of designs which look like dinosaur or bird bones. What design criteria led to all those extra, unused holes?
The 'extra' holes are mirrored holes so that we have one side panel tat can be used for either side of the robot. Since this is our first year using CAD to get custom drive base parts made for us, we wanted to keep it simple for both us and the fab shop.
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