pic: Teaser - Team 467

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Boydean

You sir, have a lot more confidence in screws holding the cRIO from falling to the ground then I would.

And a lot more confidence than I would have about driving over something on the field (like loose parts that fell off another robot - even just a screw) and kicking it up...

[Colin P]

That cRIO makes me cringe.
HIGHLY recommend changing that

[kushvp]

We are considering on putting a piece of .0625 or .125 lexan over the cRio and sandwich it in with the modules installed, to avoid any field shrapnel hitting it and modules falling out.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Apparently nobody here has seen 1350's 2010 crio mount, It was mounted on the double walled lexan side panels. That might not seem that bad, but sometimes, due to our interesting configuration*, that was on the bottom. Additionally, the side panels were only supported by threaded rod. To top it all off, our overpowered ball control mechanism had a tendency to lift the robot up and over the balls, placing them under the robot, after which our driver would attempt to dislodge it by any means necessary. There was at least one match where I wondered how the crio was not damaged by such occurrences.

*It was fully symmetrical, there was no 'up'