Crazy Crates

[R.C.]

Hey guys,

I was looking back through the picture of crates that we took at nationals and at various comps. I was wondering if everyone could post their crates and how to integrate one into the pit.

[AndyB]

Basically, our crate is split into two halves, the top and bottom.

We take the top walls off and put them inside the bottom half. Then take the cieling of the crate and place it on top of the now, half crate. The crate acts as a work bench and we put coats and stuff inside along with the top half walls.

In the pit: http://www.wintechpc.com/matt/galler...p?g2_itemId=47

[whitetiger0990]

Here's our pit and crate combination =) I wasn't part of the design. It might be magic.

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by whitetiger0990

Here's our pit and crate combination =) I wasn't part of the design. It might be magic.

Now thats smart!

[Dick Linn]

Josh,

Judging from that professional setup, I can only guess that your team needs none of that stuff, and you only brought all those parts and tools to help other teams fix their robots, right?

Or do you disassemble your robot each evening and put it back in the storage containers? I can't see where a robot would fit in that "crate".

[m3ch4num470r]

Team 449 built a new crate last year (our old one was falling apart).
At competition, it splits in two to give pegboard space. We have separate rolling cabinets for extra parts that we put the crate on top of.

Best pic I could find, sry. The crate is way in the back.

[Triple B]

1592 has a really cool crate, hopefully they will post a pic.
mike d

[efoote868]

868 has been using the same crate for quite some time now, and I doubt they've used a different one, now that I think about it.

It looks pretty sharp, made out of aluminum and some sort of plastic, and its black. It contrasts sharply with all the wooden ones. The other thing about it is that we actually use it in the pit, for storage space, to put up our decorations, etc.

heres a link to it.

If I find a better picture, I'll upload it and edit this.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by whitetiger0990

Here's our pit and crate combination =) I wasn't part of the design. It might be magic.

So... why is the robot gone and the coach sitting there? Shouldn't he be on the field with the robot?

[Doctorwho]

Team 1986 made a Weighted Companion Cube Crate for their robot

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Doctorwho

Team 1986 made a Weighted Companion Cube Crate for their robot

pics???

[Pat Major]

494s shipping crate/workshop. Clamshell design hinged with large piano hinge in center. Cabinet on left side, floor space on left and right side combine for 30 inches to accommodate robot. Workbench on right slides in and out, secured with removable pins.

[joeweber]

We used 1 x 12 boards attached to a 4x4x ½ plywood two make one half and the other half is identical and when put together they form a box for the robot. The skids are 1x6x4ft boards that when they are removed are used as shelves in the box halves. When set up in the pits we had plenty of space for everything. Last year we had to add a 1x8 board around the middle for the larger robot.
A drawing is at http://www.team1322.org/other_tipps.htm
or a picture http://team1322.org/2008shipped.jpg

[Karibou]

Awww, Josh beat me to posting the picture

Originally Posted by Dick Linn

Josh,

Judging from that professional setup, I can only guess that your team needs none of that stuff, and you only brought all those parts and tools to help other teams fix their robots, right?

Or do you disassemble your robot each evening and put it back in the storage containers? I can't see where a robot would fit in that "crate".

The boxes aren't shipped with the crate; we bring them up with us via car. (I'm so glad that I made pit crew; it meant that I didn't have to haul those things down to the pits) The robot actually only takes up about half of the crate. The shelves that the boxes are currently sitting on are actually what sections the bot off from a few of the other things that we put in the crate, such as the OI and the bolts that we use to set up the pit. They "snap" in to form a set of sliding doors.


You would be surprised how much of that stuff we ended up using, too...lots of improv happened there...

[tim_reiher]

Our Crate is shown. It basically makes up our Pit when taken apart-the orange table on the left, and the blue table on the right are from the crate, and more is not seen in this picture. That way, we instantly have a pit structure upon traveling to regionals.