I understand about the design not allowing the weight to box wheels in, and that with the open design it's easier to climb off stuff when being lifted / pushed about.

Not convinced about open wheels adding to agility on a flat arena floor. Surely that's a product of drive train, grip and driving style?

i.e - if you boxed in the wheels on Algos would it affect the spin rate etc.?

You're robots are cool and I love your thread. I want to build a 1.5kg version of something like algos, I just can't justify not protecting the wheels and so wanted to learn more about it.