[EricH]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

I wasn't around for 2005 so unfortunately I never saw your bot from that year. But this year I absolutely loved it, especially the arm. To me the arm looked like you could have wailed on it with a sledgehammer and maybe you would have scratched it.

Not a problem on the 2005 robot:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/21476

2007, for reference (actually our practice robot, but very similar concept and the resemblance is clearer):
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27675

A sledgehammer might have broken the fiberglass, but not the metal inside. If any robot had broken both the fiberglass and the steel/aluminum inside, they would probably have lost the match on a red card. Even on Curie. (Definitely on Einstein. And, if it was in finals, who cares about the timeout? Give us two minutes max and the spare is on.)