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They're beautiful in a way only a weary-eyed production team can love.

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2485's Wiring and overall aesthetics get me every time too.

I <3 me some Carbon Fiber

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I don't have a picture of it, but the Team 60 2004 robot was quite a masterpiece as well.

I'm also rather partial to the following robot, but Team 968's 2009 robot was quite good looking too, and it wasn't half bad playing the game either.

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I wasn't a student at this time (actually only nine years old, in all actuality) but didn't 254 have a very similar design to this? Or did most bots of 2009 share a similar design?

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https://www.team254.com/about/outreach/

Look under collaboration :).

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Correct

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2014 too

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118 robots have always been gorgeous. Their reveal videos for the last couple of years generate hundreds of thousands of views--they're beautiful.

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You might need to re-calibrate your eyes :P


I'm surprised that no one has mentioned 1983, Skunkworks. Their 2014 robot was beautiful, and their other robots are all very aesthetically pleasing as well.



In terms of best looking robot, I would say 1538 from 2013 takes the cake.



Minimal, elegant, and super effective.

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Since we are talking about 254 robots........I like 2007 THE best.

The only reason we ever bought our own powder coating oven is because of 254/60 back in the day.

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Wow... scrolling this thread I cannot believe that nobody's showed admiration for 148 Robowranglers' 2011 Raptor which _has to be_ one of the all-time great looking and functioning bots in FIRST FRC.

Look at the workmanship on that machine... I think it should be on a rotating display somewhere with a spotlight on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECmOwmYiu8

The bot _still_ gives me goosebumps...

--Michael Blake

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Here's a collection of some of my favorite looking robots over the years.

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in 2015 team 869 had a flawless electrical board and for 2016 i really liked there robot as a whole along with 5895 who were rookies last year. both had really amazing robots. i wish i had pictures.

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Poofs 2014 for me. Not a part out of place on that robot. Still pretty after a season of being beat up and abused by other robots. Simple and elegant.

I generally appreciate robots without lightening patterns in their tubing; they look more elegant to me. So that puts a lot of Poof robots above a lot of 233 robots just based on that preference. But both teams routinely produce the best looking robots in FRC.

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233 from 2011 & 968's 2006 & 2007 machines come to mind. I liked the red. :rolleyes:

1114 in 2007 had the cool "transformer" look to from an operational standpoint.