[russell]

I think the reason they didnt lower the weight is because they seem to expect (and even encourage?) a lot of contact between robots this year, and they want to allow teams to beef up their bot. I really like the fact that the battery is not included, because last year our team had to borrow another teams battery in order to make weight, because theirs was almost a pound lighter. Variance in the weight of batteries is why they changed it I think.