[Alan Anderson]

We've done both ways. Having things spread out always seemed to be more prone to damaging wires in robot mechanisms, but that can be addressed. Having things centralized is good for plan-in-advance neatness, but it can end up being harder to work on and might make it more difficult to see all the important status lights.

I prefer to have the electrical system as a single module, with sufficient space allocated for it from the beginning of the robot design. That space is in three dimensions, and needs to be accessible and kept from getting buried under other mechanisms.