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Re: Will plexi-glass work?

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Originally Posted by MathewSmith
so anyway, my team gets this great idea to make our robot's frame completely out of plexiglass. With only little metal brackets. I do not think this will work. We are an am. team, and we have nothing done. We have a few small pieces of plexiglass and a few metal brackets. we have no wiring done, no drivetrain. A flawed design that basically will only move. Sooo.....my question is.....Can we basically bend over and kiss our chances of even getting this done goodbye? Any help would be appreciated! thanks

Mathew Smith
team 1352
This is not supposed to be mean, but, you have NO chance of surviving a match with plexiglass. It will crack and break and splinter into a million pieces when another robot just barely nudges it... Our team learned this the first match in 2001 @ NYC. Hence why we have lots of lexan on reserve now. Attached is a pic of the shattering (the other robot barely nudged us on the side)...
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<Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls