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Originally Posted by VanMan
looks really heavy
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as always, we carried out an ambitious design and, strong from our previous experiences, we knew weight would be a problem from day one. Early estimates of our robot during the design phase went over 170 lbs. From there, weight was at the center of everything we did. We currently weight around 115 lbs but went as far as using different aluminum alloys on certain part of the robot to reach this figure.
Francois.