Best looking robot ever?

[BrendanB]

233 from 2011 & 968's 2006 & 2007 machines come to mind. I liked the red.

1114 in 2007 had the cool "transformer" look to from an operational standpoint.

[Kevin Leonard]

67 from 2012. It was gorgeous and elegant and one of the things that inspired me to really get into FIRST.

[OccamzRazor]

Some honorable mentions have to be the robots below. You can take one look at the paint and know which team you are looking at because these teams have built that brand that most people recognize.

148 Raptor in 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECmOwmYiu8

I think I saw someone mention this already and I agree. Their mastery of sheet metal components and the fact that it can be any color as long as it is black make all of their machines simply awesome to look at. This robot stuck out to me as way above the bar for sheet metal robots.

254 Barrage in 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZy8iibMD0

What I love about the 254 machines is that they are not the most complicated or crazy looking. Their machines are simple, clever, and elegant with not a single motion or pound wasted. From an engineering standpoint, the quality and performance of their robots stand above the rest. Simple lines and popping blue paint let you know which team is on the field before the robot even moves. As soon as their robots move on the field your eye is drawn to them and you have no doubt 254 is on the field.

Cool robots are not the most complicated or best looking, cool robots are the ones that win. This is why this robot ranks one of the coolest on my list of favorites even if it is not eye candy for everyone else.

[Nathan Streeter]

Of course many extremely clean (mostly powder-coated) robots come to mind when I saw this thread... Particularly ones made by 254, 233, 148, 118, 33, etc. I definitely think there is a lot of "taste" involved in this too, as 148 robots tend to look cool in a "transformers" sort of way with tons of edges and complexity. 254 robots tend to look more elegant and simple... even though they're really anything but simple. I love both those styles quite a bit, but I think I most love the robots that look like they have personality... that look like some little creature going about its business.

The one that stands out for me is 33's 2013 robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgP2FJC7Hw It had all the elegance and polished aesthetics that 33's robots have had for quite a few years, but it also looked like a studious, efficient little creature in the way that Wally does, in my mind. https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielernst/8586567293/

I think 1114's 2015 robot has to be the best-looking 2015 robot (in a year where most robots looked more like scaffolding or fork lifts than anything else)... The thing really looked like a weight-lifting crab (or something).

[Conor Ryan]

Any robot in 973's Super Pit gets a 2x multiplier in terms of looks.

[araniaraniratul]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Any robot in 973's Super Pit gets a 2x multiplier in terms of looks.

Usually an optical illusion, haha

[Whatever]

Back in 2002 my dad, my brother, and I volunteered to do a demo combat robot at the MN State Fair. My brother gets the idea of motorizing a full sized refrigerator and driving it around. Basically the refrigerator would lurch around borderline unstable using the door to hit things while empty pizza boxes and water bottles fall out of it. It was really funny.

Fast forward to this years championship, I was walking around the pits and team 5084 goes by. I see their shirts and just see "Team FridgeBot". So I follow them back to their pits and ask about the team name. Turns out they thought their 2014 robot looked like a refrigerator so that's how they got their team name. I got a bunch of magnets for my brother (he has them proudly displayed on his refrigerator).

Anyway, my vote goes to team 5084's rookie effort in 2014 because fridgebots rule.

[carpedav000]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned these three:

217's 2011 bot-

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...36c470a195.jpg


118's 2011 bot-

https://frcdesigns.files.wordpress.c...2/2011_118.jpg


1902's 2013 bot-

http://www.explodingbacon.com/wp-con...re-300x300.png

[fargus111111111]

My vote goes to team 1319's 2014 bot, it worked well, had very well positioned leds, and the powder coat yellow is super eye-catching.

As much as I like powder coating I also like the clean, bare sheet metal look that 283's robots (2015-16) have.

[Chris Hapstack]

2009 was a great year for looks, with 973's Raptor and 1771's Black Widow being my two favorites.

[Thayer McCollum]

I'll back up my friends from Colorado in saying that the Landsharks' always look great. (It's hard to beat a paper mache shark) But also Angelbotics' fuzzy bumpers are pretty great.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8e...0dDgtTmRV/view

[TheBoulderite]

Originally Posted by Thayer McCollum

I'll back up my friends from Colorado in saying that the Landsharks' always look great. (It's hard to beat a paper mache shark) But also Angelbotics' fuzzy bumpers are pretty great.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8e...0dDgtTmRV/view

Very, very true. We saw them at Champs last year, and none of us on 1619 could stop touching the bumpers.

[robochick1319]

Originally Posted by fargus111111111

My vote goes to team 1319's 2014 bot, it worked well, had very well positioned leds, and the powder coat yellow is super eye-catching.

As much as I like powder coating I also like the clean, bare sheet metal look that 283's robots (2015-16) have.

Aww thanks The bright blue LEDs also helped that robot really shine (sorry couldn't help it).



We tried the clean, bare sheet metal look last year and it definitely has a sharp look.

343 always has a sleek, black and sheet metal look but the flames on the 2010 robot were especially cool.

[Taggerun]

[quote=robochick1319;1613464]Aww thanks The bright blue LEDs also helped that robot really shine (sorry couldn't help it).




It was you!! Gasp

[robochick1319]

[quote=Taggerun;1613467]

Originally Posted by robochick1319

Aww thanks The bright blue LEDs also helped that robot really shine (sorry couldn't help it).

It was you!! Gasp

I hope that is a good gasp?