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Polycarbonate is tough stuff, and will likely survive robot-to-robot interaction. It usually bends out of the way and springs back to shape. It's more likely to get bent or tear if you overload it, rather than cracking into pieces like other hard plastics.

Don't let loctite get near it though!

We are designing an intake that goes out past the bumper this year, but are planning on using aluminum with pneumatics that take the impact load, similar to 95's robot above. Both methods are feasible.