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Re: paper: Robot Weight Watchers
This paper was requested to help other teams find good ways to save weight after their robot has shipped. We are getting many more examples this year and I will hopefully remember to update it. 1 idea that we brainstormed and calculated at the last team meeting

PVC rollers are deceptively heavy. 2" sched 40 is 30 grams per inch length. 2" 035 wall aluminum is 10 grams per inch. Our shooter has 15" of tube length therefore we will be able to save 300 grams switching over to thin wall aluminum rollers. This is nearly 3/4 of a pound!

Please add other general tips into this thread as teams are now competing and may need teh advice.
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