pic: Team 3038. Almost Done

[tomy]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Exactly how does it do that? Wouldn't you want to put as much weight as is feasible towards the back of the robot to compensate for the tote weight with this design?

The students decided that the electronics weight isn't that significant. They decided instead of using a long piece of 80/20 extrusion, they would use the electronics board to help support the back of the lift. This is done by having a 90 degree corner bracket attached to the control board and to the back of the lift. The control board would be fixed to the frame with shorter pieces of 80/20 extrusion cut at a 45 degree angle going towards the back of the robot. I'm a picture person below is a crude picture describing it.