Cannot be welded without special equipment. Moulded Fibreglass Looks good. One piece body shell. Not very heavy. Very easily cut and punctured.
Robot can look a mess after relatively little attack from the enemy.
Would melt after prolonged expose to flames. Easily cut by saws etc. These might be of use to you if you are thinking of designing a robot of your own to take part in Robot Wars. Please note that I have not been able to gather information from every single programme in series three, and certain details about some robots were not disclosed on the information screens in the programmes. Links Here are some links to web sites run by people who have entered robots into the UK Robot Wars competition.