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| Materials required to build robots |
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 Aluminum
A material of choice, basic and light weight, yet a strong robot building material.
Balsa Wood
Extremely light weight for flying robots and easy to work with.
Carbon Fiber
Extremely light weight and strong for tiny battlebots and flying robots. Has potential safety hazards, but has a very high strength to weight ratio.
HDPE
By far the best material for a robot chassis, this light weight plastic is cheaper than aluminum and very easy to machine.
Styrofoam
An often overlooked material, this material is light weight, easy to shape, and extremely cheap.
Vacuum Forming Basics
Understand how you can mold polystyrene sheets into ANY light weight shape desired.
Velcro, Tape, and Epoxies
These important materials often get a bad rep. Learn how they can be very useful, and in a professional reliable way. | |
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