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Re: Drivetrain 1727

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Originally Posted by popo308 View Post
Is there any reason why you chose to mount electronics so high up?
Last year we had a solid board running the length of the robot that filled the middle area in the kit bot frame. It quickly became a huge mess of wires and such, and was a nightmare to deal with. The year before that (Aim High) we had a small two tier design, which worked well. This year we brought it back, but had to expand the size a tad to get fit pneumatics and such on.

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That's probably the most interesting electronics set up I've seen this year. Would you care to tell us what else goes on the robot?
Our device is going to go right in front of the electronics panels. It will have a small footprint on the robot, but it will be quite tall.

To protect the electronics panels we are going to use lexan and have sponsor logos + goodies on it. It should look pretty slick.

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nice direst drive
Thanks. The frame is welded as well. Everything there totals 48lbs, and that's everything it needs to drive around. Lifting it is effortless


Video coming soon too!

Last edited by zim2411 : 29-01-2008 at 20:32.