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Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

The top and bottom plates and the module sides are .25" aluminum. Would any pocketing on those be useful?

Depends entirely on the resources at your disposal and the rest of the design of the robot... If the other mechanisms require every ounce of spare weight you can sacrifice, then it would be useful in those cases (our 2013 robot fell into this category - not a fun situation!). If it's not necessary to cut drivetrain material in order to meet the weight limit, I would leave it solid. Make the manipulator light instead.

Weight down low is a good thing. Weight up high is not.