Why didn't your team use the Kitbot frame in 2006?

[Donut]

The kitbot frame could be improved (we collapsed parts of it this year just from our conveyor belt to pick up balls), and is impracitcal for some drive systems. I think building our own chassis would be interesting; however with no machining or even welding capabilities, our team is quite happy to get the kit frame than trying to invent something of our own with nothing but hand tools like we've had to do in the past (I think we might have managed to get someone to do a tiny bit of welding for us). The kitbot works very well, and unless you're a team who knows what they're doing, I think it's the best way to go.

Of course I'd just love to do a fiberglass or wood frame and be totally custom, but I'll stick with what we can do for now.