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Re: 3,2,1, Liftoff! (DLC Pack 3 Speculation)

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Originally Posted by XaulZan11 View Post
In terms of design, teams will have to decide to build a really light robot or a heavy robot that scores a lot.
If next year's weight rule is like last year's:

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Originally Posted by 2016 R5
The ROBOT weight must not exceed 120 lbs. When determining weight, the basic ROBOT structure and all elements of all additional MECHANISMS that might be used in different configurations of the ROBOT shall be weighed together...
You might have (for examples) a 120 pound robot with 90 pounds of removable mechanisms, or a 20 pound robot core with a 20 pound set of mechanisms and an 80 pound set of mechanisms.

...or you may want to invest in the stock of Pelican cases...
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