How much does your robot weigh?

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

To get a "close enough" weight of the robot, use a simple bathroom scale. Set one end of the robot on the scale, the other on a block to keep the robot level - that'll give you "half" of your weight. spin the robot around, and now you have the other "half".

I put half in quotes, because it's not really half - if your center of gravity isn't in the middle of the robot, you'll see one end weight more than the other. This can be a great way to help discover and fix CoG issues.

Put a piece of plywood down on the bathroom scale instead, then either zero out this weight or note how much the plywood weighs. Then you could put the entire robot on the plywood and weigh the entire robot.