pic: Technokats 1998 National Champ Bot

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Is that a Lexan sprocket?

I would assume so.

For all you young'uns out there reading this, the materials list back in the 1v1v1 days (and to at least 2003) was pretty restrictive. There weren't a lot of "unlimited" items; duct tape was banned...

But as I recall, the rules around the time of this robot were essentially:
--Some dollar amount from Small Parts Inc.
--Some size amount of various materials (aluminum, lexan, plywood, I would think)
--Some "unlimited quantity" materials.
--Anything in the KOP other than packaging.
--Cost limits as current, with a cost-per-item limit on electronics.
--A prohibition on "exotic materials", including titanium--basically, if not all teams could reasonably be expected to be able to get an item, it was banned.


This sort of restriction fostered a lot of creativity--if you're already at your quantity limit on steel, but have a lot of Lexan left, and you need a sprocket, start cutting. Need a hopper built but want to save on your sheet metal limit, practice tying string in nets. Various other similar substitutions.


Most of those restrictions were phased out starting around 2003; I think the last one left sometime around 2008 when duct tape was allowed onto the robots.