YOU design an FRC trophy!

[J93Wagner]

Hmm... Interesting idea for a thread. Bookmarking for revisiting at a later time.

[Eugene Fang]

Not FRC, but Team 604 made these trophies a few years ago for FLL teams the NorCal Championship. (The puzzles, water droplet, etc. reflected the FLL challenge theme for those two years).

They were 0.25" smoked lexan on an aluminum base.

[Ankit S.]

The lexan pieces are bolted in via holes at the back of the base, and can be removed.

The plate is for any engravings needed.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by BeltSanderRocks

The lexan pieces are bolted in via holes at the back of the base, and can be removed.

The plate is for any engravings needed.

Great design! Easily scaled up in size for those who think that "size really does matter".

[PAR_WIG1350]

The top would be some visually appealing metal, or at least plated in something decorative. I personally like anodized aluminium.

One possible variation would be to tilt the pillar to one side to make it seem more dramatic.

[Chris is me]

I think the Winner style trophies are perfect if they were made as big as before.

The technical award trophies having just a single base piece looks nice, but maybe with a better FIRST logo on top it would be better. I'd love if the trophies looked like their respective awards - Motorola Quality being a beautiful, polished brushed aluminium FIRST logo on stands, Xerox Creativity being something completely off the wall, etc.

[davidthefat]

Just like Flava Flav
Just hot glue some household items together and you got a trophy!

[IKE]

I have always thought the "Chisel Point"would make for a good trophy, but I don't know if I would want it for the "general" awards or the "winners" trophy either.

[JohnBoucher]

Do all the regionals/events have to have the same trophy? Allow the regional planning committees design and build their own local flavored versions.

[Uriah]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Do all the regionals/events have to have the same trophy? Allow the regional planning committees design and build their own local flavored versions.

If they don't have to be I think that would be a very cool idea. For example: The Wisconsin Regional trophy could like cheese.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Do all the regionals/events have to have the same trophy? Allow the regional planning committees design and build their own local flavored versions.

Related question: Do the regional committees pay for the trophies right now? If they did, it might fly...but if the money is coming out of the FRC budget in Manchester, I imagine economies of scale might kick in.

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Related question: Do the regional committees pay for the trophies right now? If they did, it might fly...but if the money is coming out of the FRC budget in Manchester, I imagine economies of scale might kick in.

I suspect that they could get it done for a lot cheaper than the numbers that were floated earlier. I also see a competition starting between regionals to have the most desired trophy.

[Frenchie461]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

I suspect that they could get it done for a lot cheaper than the numbers that were floated earlier. I also see a competition starting between regionals to have the most desired trophy.

Would that be a bad thing though? Every regional would give out more impressive trophies trying to out-do other regional, so the net result is that teams get nicer trophies to show to their schools/sponsors.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by IKE

I have always thought the "Chisel Point"would make for a good trophy, but I don't know if I would want it for the "general" awards or the "winners" trophy either.

I agree, but I've always called that shape the Cork Plug -- because I first learned about it via an article by Martin Gardner.

Also, the minimum volume Cork Plug has an interesting relationship to other primitive solids, based on ratios of volumes (see the attachment).