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Re: Mechanical going Electric

Your team is old enough that you might have one, or both, of the edu-bot RCs lying around. These are good bases for smaller robot projects.

IMHO you should go with a drive train and chassis that's a little more substantial, heck for a few bucks more you can get noticeably more powerful motors: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-72001.html

As for what you'll need:

A speed controller or relay for every motor
A robot controller or R/C receiver
An R/C transmitter
A battery pack
Fuses, switches, wires, ect
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