[ComradeNikolai]

We used the kitbot frame this year and it held up well. The frame suffered virtually no damage, but our bumpers sure got ripped up at the Kettering Rookie Competition (the judges at Buckeye were very surprised by how much damage we had from it; it was brutal, and we were tipped a few times with no penalty called).

However, I know it can withstand a good blow without bumpers since I was test driving it after we/I got the drive code running, and I went in full reverse . . . into a metal column in our school lobby. The battery casement came off (secured with one screw at that time, but that was fixed), but the pole suffered a chip and the frame had no damage.