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Re: Methods of adding ballast to underweight robots

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Originally Posted by Tazlikesrobots View Post
At the Dallas regional, there was a robot that used bags of cat litter for ballast. Basically it was a driving chassis with one of the kt tubs attached and two 20 pound bags of cat litter inside the tub.

They got the judges award
My recollection is that another rookie team with drive chassis, barbell weights, and a small scoop+kicker wheel got the judges award;

The Kit Tub bot rookie team was #3 alliance leader.