Future use of cRIO?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by RyanN

Also to touch into the ruggedness of the system... I'm very satisfied to say that I doubt many teams will be able to destroy their system apart from ripping a port out. The cRIO is very heavy, and I was astounded by the weight when I first picked it up in Atlanta. I believe the controller's casing is cast iron with a thick powder coat of paint on the outside. I'm not sure if the metal case is necessary, but it will make it much harder for teams to drill through or jigsaw in half.

I thought they said it was SLS. That can be metal, can be nylon. The pictures I've seen indicate something resembling the latter. I'd say most of the weight is internals.

SLS is pretty hard to damage without a tool...