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[quote=Abwehr;732066]At Chesapeake I looked at their robot and was floored. Their frame was made out of the coolest, lightest, and cheapest material I have ever seen - broken NHL hockey sticks! One of their kids worked at the Philadelphia Flyers practice facility and was able to get his hands on some broken composite sticks. The strength-to-weight ratio of a stick is unreal, and a broken hockey stick has virtually zero value.
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Know what's crazy? We prototyped a robot design using skis- yes, SKIS. We thought we'd be the only snow-worthy robot at the Connecticut Regional. We didn't end up using them... insted we built our gripper from driveway reflectors used for snow. I guess we were stuck in the New England winter theme with our robot.

I'm not sure I can think of any crazy parts or materials at our regional this year. I know there must have been some, but I can't think of any right now.