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Knightrous
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Originally posted by Glen:

I can't remember what the back of inspector general was made from (was it hardox or a stainless gas bottle?) but that was near on impervious too. .


3.2mm Hardox.
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Nick
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The best material for a new bot is knowledge; free with the Riobots book Smile New builders shouldn't be allowed to pick up a tool before reading it!

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Not so sure I agree Nick, Large parts of Riobots book will go over peoples heads or be of no interest to them. It is worth a look but for a first bot forum advice for someone not from an academic background may be as good or better IMHO
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Yeah i would never have build a robot if i had to read a text book ...thats what you guys are for..he he

Also glen is right about shape...i know scarlet cant destroy you if your round...i would imagine this would be the same for a feather.
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Well sure, its not a book you can absorb in one reading but its a fantastic resource and full of solid facts, not just opinions like so many guides. Learning by failing is one way to build a bot, however its less disappointing when you avoid some of the fails by educating yourself a bit.

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The riobotz book is amazing from an engineering point of view, but facing facts someone like a high school student going into combat robots that way would probably think they need magnesium alloys and Ti-6Al-4V eli and then give up when they find out the costs and availability of such materials.

Glengineering has shown that good robots can be made with cheap materials and personally I learn by getting my bots trashed, how would we have found bog washer wheels otherwise? I got killer to smash the crap out of em. Laughing

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