your pit area

[Mike Schreiber]

Team 27 takes shelves and has our own little set up for all of our boxes, parts, tools, and we also bring a vice and means of securing it which has proved to be quite useful. We included lights because many times arena/gymnasium lights are not enough, and we like to be able to see.

You're pit is a way for everyone to see your team, so if you want to impress the judges or other teams, come up with some display boards to first of all, credit/thank your sponsors for all their support and also to show off how amazing your team is and all of your hard work. In the past we took foam boards and covered them in fabric, then lined them with painted pvc, and mounted them to our shelves with tie straps. We used Velcro to attached any pictures we wanted and used them to tell our story.

One thing no one has mentioned is the robot cart, it has to fit inside your pit too, unless you can find somewhere out of the way for it (or leave it outside until you need it) I've seen teams make the crate into the robot cart before, where they just take off the top half and add wheels or something of that sort, which always helps on transportation costs.