Question about Netting

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Originally Posted by fishgurl

I wouldn't reccomend having netting that can get snagged by another bot. In 2006, we were debating using netting and decided on a more solid fabric.

Originally Posted by NorviewsVeteran

We used chicken wire for the poof balls in 2006. It worked okay, but I left that build day with quite a few scratches on my hands.

We used a loose netting in 2006 for our robot, but veiled the entire robot in a mesh fabric (we nicknamed it "the corpse bride" because of this) for safety and endurance issues. It held up through the season, and we have since removed the mesh from the outside. However, I'm going to have to agree with the above posters- a substantial fabric would probably be preferred. Also, scratchy things like chicken wire (or the aluminum guards we also had on our 06 robot) are bad news- you end up with lots of scratched and bleeding students, especially when making repairs.