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Re: pic: Team 5413 Stellar Robotics Offseason Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
To clarify, do you mean that electronics are accessed from the side of the robot that normally faces the carpet? If so, you will probably want to arrange your cart so that the robot is normally transported in a horizontal configuration compared to its competition vertical configuration. This was not really an option for many 2015 robots, as they were taller than 45" in competition configuration.
Could you explain your reasoning on this? I can definitely see wanting to have the robot easily moved to an electronics-accessible position in the pit or in queue, but can't see the benefit of transporting it in that configuration.
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