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That's one compact robot! Though I'm not sure how easily it would make it through a security checkpoint if you ever took it with you to an airport. :rolleyes:

Is the frame made out of polycarbonate or some kind of acrylic or something?

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I think your right about the suitcase issue. :ahh:

Also, if you read the end of the post it says that:
Which would imply that it is acrylic.

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Yup, its acrylic!

The robot was actually taken from WPI to St. Louis as a carry on with no issues! Part of the design challenge was to make every component air-line safe (battery, pneumatics, *clean wiring*, etc.)

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Reminds me of this

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I'm astonished the TSA didn't give you any issues. Even if it is designed to be air safe, the TSA has been known to get freaked out by much less (just seeing the thing on an x-ray I would think would raise some eyebrows).

Either way, pretty impressive. :)

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Don't forger its much smaller when packed! And totally see-through haha, they can see everything

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Actually, I've flown my fair share of weird stuff. I flew with 12 pretty big servos, a couple batteries, and a ton of misc PCBs. They didn't say anything about it. I think from getting my ticket to at the terminal at DTW was something like 10 minutes and most of that was saying goodbye to my parents.