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MicroRAX

Starter Kit $80; Pro Kit $180 microrax.com

Need miniature aluminum girders for that next robot project? Look to Twintec, a tiny company based in Washington state that manufactures and sells the lightweight MicroRAX building system.

Parts include 10mm extruded aluminum beams and all the braces, plates, brackets, and other connectors you need to make your masterpiece. They’ve even developed adapter plates to attach your ’RAX to VEX and NXT constructs, allowing you to merge multiple building media.

The beams, Twintec’s ...

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