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Re: Robot chassis shape

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Originally Posted by firebelly View Post
As far as shape is concerned, you also have to keep weight in mind. In 2006, my team designed a great looking, extremely strong frame, but it ended up being super-heavy. *Shivers* so many holes...
I know how you feel. On the last day before shipping in 2006 we weighed our robot and found that it was 10 or 15 pounds(I can't remember exactly) overweight. We then spent that day and the next day and took the entire robot apart down to every individual piece of metal, drilled holes or swapped metals(replacing steel axles with aluminum ones for instance). So yeah, don't over design your frame. One thing also to keep in mind is that generally the maximum dimension you can be is a rectangular shape so to make the most of how much room you have a rectangle shape is going to give you the most space.
 


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