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Originally Posted by jman4747
My only problem with that is that the safety system is susceptible to fail due to the same kind of mistake that would cause the problem it is there to prevent
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TLDR? yes. Unlikely to happen next to each other? Yes. Completely improbable on their own? Not even.
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There are a lot more safety issues in this scenario. It seems to me like you're fishing for a better way to promote a culture of safety for all teams, but wheels off the ground wouldn't solve anything for these two teams. These two hypothetical teams appear to have very little safety culture to begin with, and it starts with the adults being involved in the things that could hurt the kids or other teams.
For example ...
Lack of basic integration between hardware and software to ensure basic functionality works as-designed - Why is the team eager to test auto if they haven't performed even the basic tests for 'disable drive'?
Unchecked electrical modifications by a rookie student - really, teams do this? That's more likely to cause a robot to go up in smoke than it is to cause a runaway robot. That's also a massive liability for the adults on that rookie student's team. It doesn't mean the adult does the work or even directly oversees it - rather, the adult checks the system before power is put to it. This two-party check (not 'glance') system is SOP for any maintained industrial electrical system before power is turned on. The two teams have to consciously agree that the system is safe.
Testing a moving auto on the floor in the pits is a HUGE no-no. You're absolutely right - this should be off the floor - yet most teams with a safety culture already do this. Most teams with a safety culture also understand the futility of in-pit on-floor auto testing since the floor isn't the same as the carpeted field.