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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Out of curiosity what was the reasoning behind using so many Bane bots wheels opposed to the more economical solution of rollers.
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After testing with different materials, we found the banebots to be the most reasonable solution. We initially started by obtaining custom rollers from a sponsor with a urethane exterior and a harder abs core including a hex cutout extruded through. We found this to be quite heavy compared to the banebot spacer combination. Furthermore, after extensive testing we found that the banebots actually gripped the balls a lot better and did not stall the the rollers at all. We were worried about the wear of banebots throughout the season but the pros outweighed the cons significantly. Fortunately, we did not have wear issues with the banebots either. You can actually see we have used the orange urethane rollers on our practice robot.