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Re: Robot chassis shape

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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
For offensive robots, 179 in 2005 had it about figured out--it was harder to catch a corner and stay on it.
We actually based our chassis design this year off that robot. The idea is great, since the chassis can be designed to shrug off hits from anywhere. With this design, at least for us, it was harder for other robots to pin us against the wall or the rack.

Our chassis: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27019

Swamp Thing 2005: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/20152