Just make sure your wires are safe, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
this sounds like so much fun
Id make one fast and reliable then it would have a post made of 4 c channels sticking out the front for jamming into weapons or drives causing the other bot to brown out or catch on fire.
Definitely would use Flywheel gearing from this year and attach a bar to it. One of our teammates still has a scar on his hand from when he tried to touch a fly wheel while it was spinning, but he didn’t see the zip ties till it was too late.