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Originally Posted by Crown Of Flames
I am interested in how someone would go about building a waterproof bot though.
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Well, the only thing that has to be water proofed are the electrical connectors and the interfaces and what not. Overall the materials you use normally on a bot, aluminum and plywood, may not really like water, but will be able to tolerate water for the time of the competition with out damage. As for the interfaces, we used an otterbox that you can buy at an electronic store to help keep our electronics nice and dry. As well, there are chemicals that waterproof motors, and even contrainers that allow motors to stay dry, in our case we are going to use 35mm film cases with holes in the lid to run the wires out, of course with everything being sealed afterwards to no water happens to find its way into our electrical =).