[EricH]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

Those seem like great reasons to be able to easily move the robot to a position where the theoretical electronics on the bottom of the robot are easily accessible, but not reasons to be transporting it in that configuration.

How many times have you had to move a robot to the field in a big hurry because a repair took longer than planned? Sometimes it's just easier to roll in whatever configuration it's in. There's also on-the-fly battery changes (but that can be designed around).