[R9000] - Thanks :-)

Quote Originally Posted by katch View Post
* Material Thickness and type limits, no titanium no military armour ( winners based on funding are not winners imo )
Some robots are so hard that there is no visible damage most of the time, or if there is, it is poorly represented in the show.
I agree with a reasonable amount of what you say here - except what you say about Armour! (I know a little about Balistic protection!). In the real world, you never see Titanium used as Armour - it's just not a good material for that. Armox & Hardox are good for certain types of projectiles - but can be shattered if the energy density is high enough (where mild steel will just deform)

Good armour doesn't need to be expensive - we used 10mm HDPE plastic and it was only actually pierced once by an axe - and then only a 5mm hole. The reason being that it was flexible and distributes the energy over a wider area (same principal as lamination or composite). Something hard and rigid sees a very high energy concentration and is more likely to shatter.

I would say let people use expensive cladding - it really isn't as big an advantage as good design!

Si