**FIRST EMAIL**/Advance Materials List and Autodesk Virtual Kit of Parts Information

[phrontist]

I'd be willing to bet the luan will be bent some how. The lexan cannot possibly be used without reinforcement on the field, it's just too thin.

[sanddrag]

The 1/8" lexan is just fine for the robots to drive on if there is a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" ply underneath it.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

The 1/8" lexan is just fine for the robots to drive on if there is a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" ply underneath it.

That was my first thought, but why Lexan? There are plenty of other materials that would be cheaper and be essentially the same.

[Matt Krass]

five 'bots tangling with pasta- Five robots pulling on a rope.

a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show- Easily pushable game piece that has to be pushed up "mountain side"

and seeing Montana's green heights- Ramps to climb like a mountain with scoring at top, top will use green to track with CMUcam


Keep in mind..I'm tired....


Other speculations, instead of rope the pasta refers to game pieces like toroids or pick up sticks...
I believe the Lexan will be a barrier to maybe keep you in your climbing lane or something, or maybe a random barrier on the field....the polycarb will mark out a "Loading" Area where the robot must be in to allow the HP to chuck one game piece in, perhaps with the same reload requirements as 2005 (Exit and re enter zone). Of course, I'm also tired....so feel free to disregard this.

[phrontist]

I'm almost certain pasta refers to a truncated pyramid ramp (which would have 5 sides). Look at the food pyramid!