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I really like the blue neon underbody lights on it!
Our robot had blue underbody lights... It was so fresh and clean!

This is quite a cool story, i had heard about it before, but never actually seen it...
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The wheelie bar in front (and in back, but not visible in this picture) is to keep the system upright when it is powered down. Since the whole thing weighs on the order of 300 pounds, trying to pick it up from a prone position when it was turned on each time was not really a viable option.

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The wheelie bar in front (and in back, but not visible in this picture) is to keep the system upright when it is powered down. Since the whole thing weighs on the order of 300 pounds, trying to pick it up from a prone position when it was turned on each time was not really a viable option.

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maybe we have to pick up something that is 300 pounds from off the ground
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