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Re: Shock Absorbers for the electrical system

Our team has also worried about the bumpiness of our robot. We were worried more about vibrations and the overall rough ride the electrical board will have to take, there are possibilities that connectors can come loose and it’s just unnecessary complication added to the electrical board. We decided to use springs or rubber absorbers are spacers to mount the electrical board to the frame. If you torque down the small springs (size of the spring in your ball point pen but a little bigger spring constant) it should do a good job as acting like a shock absorber.