Lighter Robots

Originally Posted by CAPSMMR2410

Every year our robot weighs in, within .5 lbs of the maximum. Do you guys have any recommendations for a lighter but still sturdy robot?

Use CAD to make your robot virtually, and then from there find out what you can do to shave off weight.

Also, sometimes being underweight can be bad. In a pushing competition, a 120 pound robot can USUALLY push a 100 pound robot, almost for sure if they have the same friction against the floor and same gear ratios.

256 likes to have their robots just at top weight, since we do love the power to push teams around the field (like when we pushed 254 half field at CalGames when they didn't go into low gear )