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Re: quick question to all about why using KOP metal.

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Originally Posted by CuriousGeorge View Post
well if u have one high torqued robot pressing against a KOP bot (which happened in 06 for me) it could break, i did it myself.. i drove the robot.

ive also see some KOP robots run str8 into walls and fall apart

what im trying to figure out with this thread is why people use KOP bots.. i personally dot understand it
It seems like these observations are skewed by a confirmation bias. Because one thinks that the Kitbot is inherently weak, their attention will automatically be driven towards Kitbot failures and will often overlook contrary evidence (non-Kitbot robots breaking).

I've seen just as many non-Kitbot chassis robots bend/break as Kitbot ones.

No matter what choice you go with (KOP or custom), if you don't build it right it will break.
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