[Joe Johnson]

I am going to be a bit controversial and say that while the chassis is a work of art in many ways, I wouldn't trade it for the chassis that our team is building with little more than hand tools, standard C sections from McMaster and about 2 hours of mill time poking in a few critically placed (and large diameter) holes.

Every team has it's own strengths and weaknesses. Teams should play to their strengths but I fear that some teams use certain technologies on their robot mostly because they have access to it (e.g. a CNC mill) rather than because it it the best technology to use.

A contrarian view presented for your consideration. Please believe me that it is not intended to in a mean spirit and that no offense is intended.

Joe J.