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Re: Robot plexiglass/plastic
"Plexiglass" is a brand name referring to a material known as PMMA aka acrylic. There's pretty much no reason this material should be used on a robot as it's extremely brittle and prone to shattering.
The material you are thinking about is polycarbonate sheet. More specifically "smoked" polycarbonate sheet is the dark gray plastic you are referring to. Polycarbonte around here is often referred to by one of it's brand names "lexan".
As for where to buy the material, if you do a search for "smoked lexan" or "smoked polycarbonate" you will find a decent amount of suppliers.
-Brando
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