Tag Archives: polycarbonate

IR Info and More

introducing-ir-beacon

First Look at the IR Beacon

Ken Johnson’s blogged a bit about the IR beacon at the FIRST Tech Challenge blog – it looks like new teams can each get one beacon at a greatly reduced cost sometime next week, which should help immensely with practices!

There’s some mention of forming polycarbonate sheeting, too, with a reference to a “how-to” film that ran last year. Here’s a TDT Tip though: Sometimes it’s a lot easier to cold bend the stuff!

Cold Bending Polycarbonate last year

Cold Bending Polycarbonate last year

Design using polycarbonate with FTC robot

http://youtube.com/v/DggCGw0C1c0

Some ideas on how to use polycarbonate sheeting in robot design.