[tkell274]

I totally agree that this needs to be a separate post by itself because it is an important topic that needs to be addressed.

I think one of the biggest issues will be with that of teams building inefficient robots that require a lot of power. This will cause teams to use much more motor power or larger springs or any of a number of things that will cause more stress and tension on the robot that can prove dangerous for the robot or anyone around it. I think the LRI will have to determine whether or not too much stress is being put onto a system for it to be safe, which can be difficult and most likely will not be done because trying to guess how the robot will be affected by stress over time is hard to judge and LRI's will be hesitant to keep robots out of action on a hunch.

That being said I don't think that teams have to be fully disqualified if their shooting mechanism is deemed unsafe. I just think it would mean that they would either have to provide some form of safe guard, lower the power in the system if possible, or disable that part of the robot and just be a straight passing a defensive bot which is a very viable option for this year.