pic: Surprise! Your crate was crushed by _____ .

[d.courtney]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

You think something that did that to a robot would even blink at a bunch of packing peanuts?

Seriously, though. Packing peanuts are mostly intended to keep objects from violently shifting during transport. When you're trying to protect something from being crushed, you mostly put big "Do not crush" and "Fragile" stickers on it. And little pyramid things that get smashed and let you know that someone has put something on top of it. Or you build a box that can support 600 lbs on top of it and hope they don't try to put 800 lbs on top of it.

first off I was beeing sarcastic I know it wouldn't save the robot, but I am very interested in how much of a difference it would make... if you have a robot in a crate, and you fill the crate with packing peanuts, the peanuts will act like a pillow if something falls on it, it won't protect it i know, but I am interested in seeing what the difference it will make... and besides its more of a humorous thought I've had, one of uncrating and millions of packing peanuts flowing out of the crates and onto the floor... I guess I am just a big fan of packing peanuts (and I know they wouldn't save a robot)