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Re: pic: The Frame

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Originally Posted by amos229 View Post
What are the benefits of the concaves in the side of the frame? Other than that question its very impressive. I like the mecanums.
Seeing how they do have a mecanum drive, I would think it would be for herding/pushing tubes or for having the tubes "self-align" for an arm and/or manipulator to pick them up. The bend radaii on those curves looks like it would match a tube quite well.
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