Best of: Polycarbonate

[Stephi Rae]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

2011 used polycarbonate wings as an alignment device for the tower base. Because they extended well beyond the frame perimeter when deployed, not only were they designed to align the robot in a full-speed (12fps) collision with the tower, but they also had to withstand the force of a worst-case collision with another robot. Polycarbonate was the only material both light enough and tough enough for the job.

Additionally 190's 2011 robot had a polycarbonate claw, both the structure/sides and the pulleys for the pulleys for the polycord. The minibot was also entirely polycarb. But both of these uses were pretty common this year.

2k7 had a polycarb claw, also.