Connect the Ship Challenge - Internal Mechanical Solution & Automated Attachment/Removal Options

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In this submission, two potential new corner locks for stackable shipping containers are presented along with two automated designs to attach/remove the corner locks. The first corner lock design is the '3-Fingers,' which uses a mechanical cam system to auto-lock the upper container to the one below. This design allows for two walls of contact inside the lower container at once, unlike current models on the market. The second corner lock design is the 'OneSided,' similar to Design1 but only using the mechanical cam plate on one side to hold the container. For automated insertion/removal of corner locks, two options are proposed: Option 1 is an automated staging table that would sit between the ship and trucks delivering containers. The crane moving a container would briefly set it down on this table where automated processes would add/remove the corner locks within seconds before lifting the container back up. Option 2 involves a truck pulling under a cargo ship-loading crane, which lifts the shipping container just enough to clear the truck and align with surrounding posts that hold automated equipment for attaching corner locks. This system self-aligns and inserts locks within seconds, allowing the crane to continue its loading process quickly. Additional refinement of these models for manufacturability, cost, details, and stress would be required moving forward. The submission includes SW2015 models and a STP file attached, along with credits to the creators of the blue container model by Michael Herbert, grey container corners by Justin Nitz, and green flatbed trailer model by Erjan Rohaan.