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My team has around 60 students so we limit who can be in the pit and for how long they can stay. One student in charge of the pit who doubles as the safety captain. Also before competition we come up with a pit list; the list generally includes the sub-team leads, the captains, and a few others who proved to be very helpful, along with a programer or two. Everyone else can come to the pit at times but can not stay long, because they are scouting or going around helping other teams and it gets to crowded.

What our team does that I have not seen other teams do is that we bring only the pit crew on thursdays so the we can make any changes of fix the robot from travel without people hanging around the pit.