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Originally Posted by Bomberofdoom
2 kids lifting a 50 Kg robot? Eh, not the easiest if we're from the programming team, if you know what I mean. 
But siriously, I think there should be atleast 3 kids to pick up the robot when it comes to long transfering. If it's just in order to lift it on the troley that carries the robot, I say no problem.
But I was very interested to hear about the way to squat with your back to lift the robot. What if you have minimal space to insert your hands underneath the robot in order to pick it up? You'll need to lower your back a bit. Any sugestions about that kind of stuff? |
Mentally the density of an object fools your brain. 2 people picking up a 140 lb robot feels like one thing. A single person picking up the same weight in a barbell seems more difficult and heavier even though the weight is the same. You just don't have the 4 point stance (as in a two man lift)
This year we got lucky. the lift points were ideally located for when you did the squat/lift. If you did the lift on barbells, the squat is much deeper when lifting straight from the floor.
I made these last two observations while we were doing weight training the other day.
you could try to install lift point handles in ideal spots if it doesn't otherwise interfere wit the robot.