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Originally Posted by EricH
And I know there's a team that 3D-printed just about their entire robot, can't remember who, though.
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I'd say you're thinking of the team I mentioned, 3824. They've always printed pretty significant portions of their robots, including structural and frame components on a Fortus 900 printer. For 2014 and 2015, they printed large portions of their robot in a few large pieces on ORNL's BAAM. Their 2015 bot was featured in Behind the Designs. It's a really good read. This year, they went with pultruded fiberglass as their structural material after they did some prototyping with a printed chassis and decided Stronghold was too rough for an all-printed robot. However, their drive sprockets were printed v-belt pulleys, which I think is one of the most interesting ways to do power transmission in FRC.