pic: Team 293's Robot

[Cyclotron]

We're puzzled when people say that 8020 is "heavy". Heavy compared to what?

The most common profile, 1010, weighs exactly as much per foot as 1 x 1 x 1/8 wall aluminum square tube or 1 x 1 x 1/4 angle. 8020 outperforms these materials in every way. The key to using 8020 is knowing how to join it without using joining plates, brackets or excess fasteners. This robot has only two joining plates, selected for convenience in servicing the drive train.

The chassis pictured weighs in at 29 pounds; the entire robot, fully loaded, is 113. Weight was never a problem this season.