What do you guys do with your old robots?

[waialua359]

we got a little showcase museum thing going all over one of our robotics rooms. When we get visitors, we show them our little history.

[Sunbun]

2006: Gone for the most part, save for the shooter.
2007: Gutted...
We removed the ramps and attached our 2006 shooter to the top of the frame. There are wheels on the frame, but no transmission, so we just push it around when we want to display it.

2008: Still intact, but we converted the flipper into a giant dustpan and the forklift into a ... bigger dustpan. It collects and throws away garbage left on the ground.

Then we realized that it doesn't work that well, so we just use it to collect Poofballs for the 06/07 bot until we come up with something more practical.

And I think we still have our old frames around somewhere...

[.:Brianna:.]

If you're looking for something to do with your old robots that helps other people, why not think about donating your robot to us, the FIREBIRDS, FRC team 433? We'll take your robot, pack it up, and ship it to a team we started in Ghana, Africa, as part of our Donate Your Robot/Give your FIRST robot a SECOND life campaign. Our goal is to send enough robots so that the team we started can host its own competition with other schools in Ghana and eventually fundraise enough money to help them register at a regional competition. If anyone has any questions about the FIREBIRDS' Donate Your Robot campaign, please feel free to PM me and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Thanks,
Brianna
FIREBIRDS President, '07-'09