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Originally Posted by billbo911
I'm curious Doug, what differences would cause your weight to increase 50-75%?
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The first prototype was pretty flimsy. We are looking adding some more structural support and are assuming the Tetrix DC motors and battery are heavier. Once the design is optimized, we'll go through and lighten it up. We're 90% sure now that we'll build our own frame out of aluminum and not use the Tetrix materials. Hard to plan this out without the components (motor and battery). It is sad that they didn't put those in the KOP.
I'm even more convinced now, that the real challenge with the minibot is your deployment system. I have a feeling that at competition, we'll see some great minibots, but not as many great deployment systems.