Team 1583's 6 wheel modular drive prototype

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Hi Bob, Yes it will stay in the 2x5 rectangular tubing. One of the main concepts of this design is 'modular'. That means we can pull four pins and easily (in a few minutes) remove and replace the drive. Since both right and left drives are identical one spare drive will fit either side. With the spare drive in place on the robot we'll have time to repair what broke. In our testing so far the drive is very robust so we hope we won't have to fix it very often. The prototype drive as you see it weighs 17 pounds. The competition drive will weigh about two pounds less.