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Re: Robot Carts
We have a simple cart made out of plywood, a few 2x4s, and some pressure treated 4x4s that my dad had left over from when we built our deck. It used to roll on crappy little Home Depot casters, but now it has some nice big 8" diameter ones that are rated to some insane amount (several hundred pounds each), which a mentor found at his work about to be thrown away. There is a partial shelf on the bottom that we usually use to store controls for transporting (our scouting stuff and batteries are down there often too).
Last year, it had a goofy paint scheme and some really messily wired lights on it, but the lights have been since ripped out (they released some magic smoke at Battle of Baltimore and burned the team member who realized the issue and fixed it [the rest of us thought the robot was about to go up in flames]), and I am hoping to repaint it in team colours sometime soon. The lights may come back in far fewer numbers and in a more tasteful arrangement (plus better wiring).
Actually, I have a cart-related question to ask, but first, some background: I would like to make the base coat of paint on our cart white, and then add logos and stuff in team colours. Some of our team members think that white is a bad idea because all the grease and junk would show up very well. I think that they exaggerate the issue and it isn't anything a quick wipe with a towel couldn't fix. So, my question is: does anyone have experience with white carts and how they look after/during a competition?
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Team 1219: 2009 - Mentor
Team 587: 2005 - Animator, 2006-2008 - Team Captain
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