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Re: Things learned from the 2012 regional

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Originally Posted by Alexa Stott View Post
One rule that my team always, always has: Whenever you do ANY sort of work on the robot (particularly anything involving drilling/cutting/whatever), ALWAYS vacuum out the robot. A metal shard in your cRIO is the LAST thing you want.
When we're working in the shop and drilling, grinding, or cutting anything, we grab a fire blanket and cover our electronics with it to prevent shards from getting in
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