quick question to all about why using KOP metal.

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Well, I can tell you, that most teams not here on Chief Delphi, and some teams here on Chief Delphi as well have two common reasons why to you the KOP Metal.

1) Like my team, we have no access to any welding, or huge machinery. Yes, our whole robot is made from hacksaw, hammers, drills, and the usual tools (regular hand tools). Unfortunately, we can not get access to any at the moment. No lathing, CNC machines, nothing. It's unfortunate but people can work around so, and thus using the KOP to make life much, MUCH easier.

So it isn't so much about, "Why use it?", it's about, "Why do we NEED it?". Sure we can use Extrusion, but here's the second part.

2) Money. Some teams, unfortunately, don't have sufficient funds to have a custom built chassis. I say, saving money, time, and I admit, the Kit bot is awesome for a provided standard part.

Yet I haven't seen any kit bot break. Sure it may bend, or warp, but I don't think the degree of it is large at all in a competition.

May I ask where in the kit bot does it break? If it's the joints, than its a simple problem of screws and nuts. However, if its the metal itself...

wow.