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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
hey, that wasnt so bad - all I have to do is design my bot so that someone can take a 5 lb sledge hammer and bash away at it for 2 minutes with an impact velocity of 76mph, hitting it anwhere, the wheels, the sides, the arms, the ball collectors, over and over
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You could design your robot to deflect away some of that force.
You could design your drive to outrun/out manuever your aggressor.
You could train your drivers well enough that you don't take a beating for 2 minutes.
We do all of the above. 3 competitions later, the drivetrain seems fine.
I imagine the definition of robust is not:
PVC tri-wheels left exposed to the world.