pic: Lexan: Bulletproof, but not robotproof

[Ryan M.]

Nice robot, but where's the broken lexan?

[Cate Dumez]

yeah, where is the broken lexan?

anyways, it looks like a practice round by the lack of alot of people in the backround. the 10 point ball might have just been put back in the field after being knocked out. i saw that happen alot on thursday.

at utc, a 10 point ball was only knocked into the field once during qualifying and elimination rounds and we happened to be playing in it. our partner got it to our human player but it didnt get into the goal. it was cool to see one on the field though.

has anyone else seen a 10 point ball in an actual round?

[Cory]

I believe the lexan being referred to is the top section of the ball grabber, which is sticking at an angle upwards.

There was one match at Sacramento in which there was one ten point ball in each goal.

Cory

[Mike Hendricks]

Yea .. it was the upper piece of the claw. If you look closely at the picture, you can see the piece of Lexan bent WAY up.

What happened, was when we drilled the holes for the spacers, the lexan cracked a little (little being less than 1cm long). It worked flawlessly for over a month, then it decided to kick the bucket at the competition. Lovely. Thanks again to Team 599, who provided us with a piece of lexan large enough to make another claw piece.

Heres a better picture of the damage: