[Basel A]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

What if the system is powered by a motor? A disabled or unpowered robot wouldn't need safety latches in my opinion.

Drivetrains tend to use motors, but safe teams put their robot on blocks in the pits (or integrate such blocks in their cart). None of your programmers have ever accidentally started the robot in practise mode and run auton without intending to?

I've never inspected or reffed, so I don't feel comfortable categorically saying you should have a latch of some sort, but it's just seems like good safety sense to include one if your mechanism is using that much energy.