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Originally Posted by robochick1319
I'm glad to see that there are so many people out there who recognize this safety issue. And you are all absolutely right: politely reminding teams and reporting issues to the UL Safety Judges are the ways to handle it. I'm just dreaming of a time in FIRST when running the robot on the pit floor cause you want to go for a "test drive" will be as obviously wrong as wearing open toed shoes and no safety glasses in the pit.
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I have to wholeheartedly disagree with this standpoint. Operating a powertool like a table saw or mill is inherently dangerous. There is an accepted and understandable level of risk that people have to accept when doing any activity. We can strive to be accident free and have a good safety culture, but having a safety culture means understanding there is a certain amount of risk in any activity.
The safety argument you're making always sounds good - you always have the 'we can prevent accidents' and 'think of the children' arguments to fall back on. It is up to us filter those arguments through a seive of common sense that says there is a certain amount of risk pursuing any activity and that we accept that risk as part of what we do.
I disagree with restricting our ability to safety test a robot on the pit floor.