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Re: Kitbots after Week 1
Yeah, on the upgrade front, we definitely went with different gearboxes, different wheels, polycarb bellypan etc. We do have a fairly substantial cross brace (1.25 aluminum box tubing, 1/8in wall) that doubles as a mount for several accessories, but my worry is that the provided churros that span the interior of the robot won't cut it. I would really, really love to be proven wrong.
Some of the photos of robot damage from this year are absolutely terrifying, especially the trashed cylinders. We have spares of the things that go outside of our frame perimeter. I was not expecting to need to have spares on hand for the internal guts of our robot.
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