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Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint
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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92
They in fact use plexiglass. Having played hockey and seen the stuff shatter, it REALLY shatters everywhere. Video evidence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB9CMKHGjag
As for how they "get away with it", my guess would be a difference in yield strengths. It may take much more force to shatter the plexiglass rather than bend the polycarbonate. I don't know this for sure, but that's how I could rationalize this application. That being said, polycarbonate is better than plexiglass for robotics because plexiglass will shatter like in above video.
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It's also that breaking the glass looks really cool and earns them higher ratings, so they want to do it.
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