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Re: Robot Aesthetic Appeal

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
- If you have access to the appropriate machines, you can do some really cool stuff with your covering panels. At Champs last year, 548 had a side panel with their team name, team number, and team logo cut out of it (some sort of CNC machine, probably), with LED's behind it, making it all glow. Very nice and clean!
We are fortunate to have access to a waterjet and cut the logo, number and high school name into the "fins". Found here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.201873486517797.46040.116480071723806&type= 3#!/photo.php?fbid=201876526517493&set=a.2018734865177 97.46040.116480071723806&type=3&theater Oddly enough every time we added more LEDs to our robot, we did better, it ended up being a running jokes that more lights would have sent us to Einstien. Also if you think that looks cool... just wait till this year
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