pic: Team 293's Robot

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Cyclotron

All of the fabrication steps for an 8020 frame can be learned by new team members very quickly, and the results are precise and as strong as they need to be. An 8020 frame is easier to put together than the Kitbot, and it is stronger, stiffer, and straighter.

While given the choice between the two I'd probably rather use 80/20 for prototyping, the Kit frame, unmodified, is stronger and stiffer than an 80/20 equivalent part. I've seen 80/20 frames bend and warp (and even more pictures of said destruction), but never a kit frame.

80/20 weight stacks up fast, mostly because of all the fasteners you need, and generally people use more of it to accomplish the same things. I'm looking at how adding a few more feet of it added 25 pounds to the robot the other night :/