Robot Aesthetic Appeal

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

As mentioned above painted lexan panels, like this and this also tend to look nice, and save you from having to wait to assemble the robot while it's being painted or powdercoated.

Or just a clean robot with some nice vinyl decals* can look pretty good.

*Disclaimer. I think those are vinyl decals on 67's 2009 robot, but they could just be painted on. The effect is the same though.

Both of the HOT robots shown in the links had vinyl decals applied. On the 2010 robot, the black was applied behind our normal decals and directly on the frame to give the robot a cooler look. Since blacked out robots look the best!

Our shop has a vinyl printer/cutter that we use to make the decals. We design them in AutoCAD to make sure they look right.

The best looking robots are typically powder coated...such as 1114, 254, 148, 1538, etc...