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Re: Static Discharge Disables Robot
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Originally Posted by Team2456 View Post
We have been having a problem where our robot will discharge static electricity onto any nearby metal objects after a bit of driving on carpet. I've been thinking about hanging a wire mesh off of the bottom of the robot to discharge static electricity into the field.

Anybody else having this problem? And if so, anybody found a solution?

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Colin Warren
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Team 2456 - Marin Robotics
How is this actually disabling your robot?
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