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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
It will be made for the kit chassis. Even a version that has the front cut out. We can't adapt It that well for everyone but most people who don't have a safe system in place are probably teams using the most chassis.
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I am not at all objecting to this idea, and more power to you for taking this initiative that you see as useful.
That said, most of this thread is about how smart and well-meaning safety devices and procedures (pulling breakers, disabling code) can be improperly/ineffectively implemented without something at we're calling "common sense" and/or "safety culture". Depending on your team and robot, it may be more likely that you'll disable code incorrectly, or that you'll disconnect electronics incorrectly. Or that you'll use the mechanical wheels-up method incorrectly. Have you ever seen a robot change CG quickly or contact something with its manipulator such that its wheel contact the blocks? I have. What about someone or something knocking into it that could cause the wheels to contact a surface?
Is the mechanical solution better than the programming or electrical solution? In general? Maybe. For a specific team? Who knows; I don't. Feel free to argue that it's better, but I don't see how you can argue that it's foolproof. Maybe you can personally make a rig that is foolproof (I raise you a better fool) by sizing it correctly/etc, but it'll be just as specific if not more so than pulling a breaker. Every solution has its problems; ignoring them seems to me personally to be hypocritical.