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Re: Wood vs Aluminum

The only use I can think of for wood in robotics is to offer a noncunductive surface for mounting electronics.

For everything else, aluminum. (2024, 7075, and 7068 are hard to beat, as well as the alloy everyone loves, 6061)
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