Have robots been shipped from Atlanta yet?

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#62

As Cory said, our robot was one of the ones left in Atlanta. It shipped on Monday 5/4 and is due home on Thursday. We did get a tracking number so if you still don’t have one it is likely it is not in the system. I would call Shepard asap so that if it is still in Atlanta it will get shipped soon. They said that they would contact the other teams but no telling when that might be.

Good luck on getting it back on time for your demos. It’s pretty stressful to think that your bot might be lost. Last week before we figured out where it was, team 753 called us (that’s the team whose robot was accidentally sent to us) and said that they had shipped two crates and decided to abandon one in Atlanta to save costs. They were worried that maybe our robot and crate had been destroyed instead of theirs. Talk about stress. Shepard assured us that they would never destroy a crate with something inside but we didn’t figure that out until the next morning. :frowning:

Of all the years to lose a robot …

#63

Another note: Hopefully you’ve already figured this out but our original shipment (753’s robot) was in the tracking system. In fact, that was our first clue something was wrong because the stated weight went from 380 to 650 lbs in transit. Someone went down to FedEx to verify the weight and that’s when we figured it out that it wasn’t ours. 753’s robot was not in the tracking system because it never got the right bar code on it.

#64

I actually called Shepard and FedEx earlier before I revived this thread, and they said they were still shipping robots from Atlanta.
I didnt realize that soo many teams got theirs back shortly after CMP weekend.
After calling again today, they indeed have a few left, but only the international ones. The problem is we are NOT international.

After some investigation on Shepard’s part who had to check with FedEX and their facility, FedEX didnt want to ship our robot out because they said we didnt have the proper Customs paperwork. Shepard questioned why since its a domestic shipment, and its funny that the other 3 Hawaii teams had their robots shipped home from the same facility already.
Maybe Waialua sounds too foreign to them. :slight_smile:

Anyhow, we hope to get it back by early next week in time for our biggest fundraiser of the year!

thanks everyone for sharing.

#65

We finally got our robot back and just unpacked the crate a few hours ago.
Just in time for our first event tomorrow evening. WHEW!!! :ahh:
We were probably the last team to get theirs back…hehe.

#66

That’s good to hear!

#67

Reviving this thread.

Has anyone received their robots from Atlanta yet?
Ours doesnt show up in the Fedex tracking system as of yet.

#68

1868 received theirs last Friday and ours is in Santa Clara and will be delivered this week.

#69

Apparently 1676’s robot was shipped today. I thought they would have sent it by now.

#70

Our Robot was picked up Monday.

#71

1334 received ours last Wednesday. Impressive considering she wasn’t coming up in the tracker the night before and we really weren’t expecting her for a few weeks.

#72

2854’s will be delivered Friday this week.

#73

According to FedEx our crate should be delivered on Thursday.

#74

As of a few days ago FedEx has not shipped our robot yet. This could be bad since WPI BatteCry11 is almost a week away! Thankfully we are fixing our practice robot to meet the competition robot’s standard from Atlanta in case it does not show up. Just wondering what other teams up here will do if theirs don’t show up and don’t have a practice robot! :o

#75

Team 3339 from Israel didn’t get their robot back till now!!!
I want my robot back!!!@!$#@@$@%

#76

Our bot arrived home yesterday.

#77

Our robots havent left Atlanta yet.
Pretty frustrating since we have our biggest showcase event in a few days.:confused:

Anyone else not get their’s back yet.
If I knew this was going to happen, I would have left it in the mainland for off-season events.

#78

What are you guys planning to do other than for IRI? I heard that 368 is going to do IRI also! Good luck and hope you guys get your robot back in time for your demo. Go Hawaii:D

#79

Got ours back last week.

#80

should i be worried if the robot didnt return yet from nationals?

#81

Yeah… you should…