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Re: pic: Chassis Idea
A Box Drivetrain like this generally looks quite good on its own, but when you consider a real FIRST robot, some flaws pop up. From a structural standpoint, you need to ensure that you will be able to adapt this design to manipulators.

About 50% of the time my team had to take a chunk out of the front of the chassis to facilitate claws or collectors. Just keep this possibility in mind and adapt your design for potential geometry changes.

If you can't get it welded, this design should work quite well with rivets. Triangular corner gussets might be a good idea for some of the pieces, rather than just right angle aluminium.
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