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Re: Duct Tape 2011

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
The "no tape" rule was dumb, but I'd like to see a return of the "no duct tape" rule. It's just a sloppy construction method and makes for a rather poor looking finished product. Thankfully I haven't seen too many teams duct tape their robots together, but it does show up now and then. Remember folks, we're building robots, not duct work systems.
It would probably work for a team like the Duct Tape Bandits to fit their look but yeah slapping duct tape on the robot isn't really all that professional to be honest.
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