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Re: Enough buying talk. Let's hear about ghettofab!

I would say that 814's 2003 robot, Spicy Mustard, was 100% ghetto-fabulous.
Spicy was wooden. Very wooden. The chassis was made of 3/8" plywood, the arm pieces were made out of 1/8" plywood epoxies to high-density foam. The "lobster" claw was made the same. In order to make Spicy pretty, we used wood stain to give him some color, and covered the bumpers with this really UGLY upholstery.

We had a limit button that made the elbow motor stop once it was hit. But the top came off of the button and we didn't have time to replace it. So we bought one of those gardening knee pads, cut out a chunk of it and ziptied it to the section of the arm that hit the button.

Needless to say, Spicy is the most successful robot the team has ever made. We won Judge's Choice and Leadership in Controls, and were regional finalists.
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