Lol, doing a stack of 2 then adding, then adding, etc, is such a waste of time...

And I won't comment on the stabilizer thingamajig, though of course people would need some way of stabilizing it.

You'd probably get a Delphi Award for that :p lol

Our bot builds a stack of 3 within itself, and can support that (and drive around w/ it, etc)....But we can build higher than that, just beyond 3, the boxes at the top would no longer be supported.

Realistically, we'll have a minimum of 3 all the time....and if we need to, we can go "indefinately" higher.

stability
 

Has anybody tried stacking bins 10 high? The things aren't that stable, meaning a small jolt brings them all down.

Yes, most teams realize that which is why most teams who want to stack high are developing stabilizing devices.

we got to 12. theres a pic of that somewhere..in that other thread that was like this...

these bins are mad stable just look at this picture else im just mad crazy.

I'd hate to point out the obvious, but if you've got your whole weight on top of those bins, that's a lot of force keeping the bins up. It'd be fairly hard for someone to knock it over as in the pic, though without you, it'd be simple.

some one on our team has stacked 13 and held it for about a min dose that count?

Re: stack height
 

I belive he means that he will lift one box, place it on another, and then lift the bottom box. This will theoretically allow you to lift the boxes to an infinite height (not really, because they will tip, and eventually your stacker will not be able to support all the weight)

Cory

i can stack 5! our robot can stack...err...i duno how many...

*jeremy

I think the highest stack in the game will be ~8 high, and stacks of 2-4 will be more common, anything higher will be a rarity.

how high
 

my team is trying to stack it to 11. thick, if you have five its 55, your better off keeping it even

I must be missing something. How can you stabilize bins without touching them?

The bins only really need to be stabalized while the robot is moving them. When it sets them down they might, in theory, stay standing.;)

In theory, but reality is an tottally different topic all together. One of which our team shouldn't talk about because we have no robot to test our theory's of reality in reality with.:D