Finally! A portable FLL size table that works!

Finally! A portable FLL size table that works!

I’ve been working with my friends at Geyer Instructional to develop a folding table that works.

You can learn more here: [https://www.geyerinstructional.com/portableroboticstable]

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You can also use the code for any of their robotics training mats:
[https://www.geyerinstructional.com/stem/robotics-challenge-mats.html]

Please call them for international shipping arrangements!

So cool…

// Marco

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Neat! I didn’t see a weight listed – do you happen to know that?

Thanks for providing this link. I will definitely mention it in the FLL Virtual Workshops that some friends and I are putting together for next month.

Thanks! It is very cool indeed.

Note that Geyer will discount 10 or more tables purchased at the same time as well.

Checking.

That’s a great tip for schools or teams that can coordinate a group-buy. Thanks again.

You sir have won the Internet today.

Not to be the negative nancy here, but it’s worth making the important distinction that this is only a “Table Topper” as it does not include legs, and I have serious doubts if it would even be rigid enough to support the weight of the field elements+robot even if it did (given how flexible it appears in the video).

Essentially it’s a collapsible field perimeter for use on the ground or an existing large table.

Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with that, I just felt it was worth pointing out.

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Apx 7 lbs for table.
8 lbs with shipping box.

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NIce! Thanks.

Correct. However, it is quite rigid and could easily be use for competition.

Thanks!

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Can we see a video of it in use, How it’s put together and assembled?

They have this on the site:

I haven’t really paid attention to FLL in a while, but aren’t there usually elements of the field supported by the walls, sometimes crossing over to the adjacent field? Does this table work with those?

Correct. There are wall height and thickness requirements for a competition table - this doesn’t comply.

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What is the stiffness of the sidewalls? Robots often use sidewalls as a means of navigation; either butting up against them or gliding along them with rollers.

My gut feeling is: “this is awesome for quick setup and initial prototyping but absolutely not what you want for final tuning if you use the sidewalls for navigation”

Maybe this could be improved by bending an additional flange over the edge, or even fastening some box tubing around the perimeter.

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thanks, I really did look at the site before posting or I was distracted by the kids.

Anyway. I wonder how many setups those “hinges” will last before they break?

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I actually think the page loads weird every so often and the video doesn’t show up. Someone else I sent it to also had this issue.

Just clamp some 2x4s together, maybe? Easier than storing a full table.

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