Answered: Legal "Plastic" - <R7>f. Clarification

[dontworryaboutit]

<R7> Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:
f. Non shattering plastic (e.g. Polycarbonate, Garolite) as cut from a single 12" x 24" sheet up to 0.063" thick.

Garolite (if I did my research well) is basically fiberglass: a composite of epoxy and glass fibers. If this is classified as a “plastic” as far as the manual is concerned, how exactly does the manual define “plastic”?

Would polyurethane be fine to use on Sack Attack robots?

What about rubber?

Thanks in advance!

[dontworryaboutit]

Thanks for the answer, Karthik!

[Karthik]

Thanks for the answer, Karthik!

You’re welcome!

Just to make it abundantly clear for everyone reading this thread, <R7f> was updated on 05/22 to say the following.

<R7> Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:
f. Non shattering plastic from the following list; polycarbonate, acetel monopolymer (Delrin), acetal copolymer (Acetron GP), POM (acetal), ABS, PEEK, PET, HDPE, LDPE, Nylon (all grades), Polypropylene, FEP; as cut from a single 12" x 24" sheet up to 0.063" thick.

As such, Garolite, Polyurethane and rubber would not be legal.