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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6110163" data-attributes="member: 8835">that was a pretty informative video.If the show is able to expand and continue, I'd expect to see some innovations on being able to rapidly hoist a bot up and replace actuators.  If each bot was sponsored and maintained by individual parties (not show's tech team), each would be looking to make a pit stop as fast as NasCar does.  Not that the show isn't motivated, but they're angle is to keep it fair.  Putting the onus on the individual teams means they would redesign some parts and process to enable rapid swap-out of high-risk items because that's their competitive edge.I'm think of stuff like hooks on the back for hoisting the bot upright and taking the weight off the actuators.  Armor plates secured with easy access bolts that somebody with an air wrench can jump in and remove, so the next person can get at a section.  Actuators and hoses that have modular connectors and pins so they can be swapped out as fast as possible once the weight has been taken off (I swear half the problem of repairing Axe's torso problem was that they didn't appear to have the bot upright yet).This might change the look of the bots, where Setrakian used a common frame and added Art on top, but would be a logical transformation of how fully invested competitors would adapt the concept into practical advantages for the competition.</blockquote>