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Re: Side Project Ideas?

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Originally Posted by marcusbernstein View Post
Definitely think about making a custom robot cart. It can add a lot of value if you make it right, and can give students more training on whatever machines/design/assembly techniques are used to make it. If you design it to have tool storage, space for batteries/bumpers, and more stuff like that it can be a very efficient use of pit space as well, and it would be a very valuable investment to a team looking for an offseason project that directly realtes to FRC.
And the other part of that is to also design it to be able to adjust to fit future robots. Here's one for you: 330's cart has had the same design since 2002. I want to say it's the same cart, but I remember hearing that they rebuilt it recently. It's pretty bare-bones as far as storage, though: throw everything underneath the robot and hope the mat doesn't tear.
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