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Originally Posted by JVN
Are these high energy, super fast canburglars safe?
Depends who you ask. Safe is not quantifiable. Safe is not defined in the manual. Safe is relative.
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One could quantify the safety of these mechanisms by measuring how much force they can produce...but you're absolutely right. I'm waiting for teams to go back to winches like many shooters last year had, if they haven't already. One could impose a limit to how much potential energy can be stored upon loading a robot onto the field maybe?
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Originally Posted by Basel A
None of your programmers have ever accidentally started the robot in practise mode and run auton without intending to?
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Oh lord, at an open house 2 years ago we were demoing our robot. Something happened and it started our vision assisted autonomous. The vision system tracked metal picture frame about 20 feet away, auto lined up to it and nailed it perfectly with all 3 shots, shattering the glass. The principle was more impressed than upset. There's a video of it somewhere....
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Originally Posted by Bennett548
Stored energy in the form of springs is naturally the next thing to turn to. Unfortunately, I believe that these spring loaded designs are going to lead to much more dangerous situations.
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I think if there are no limitations to the amount of potential energy allowed while loading, teams will be able to at the start of autonomous release their winch design and start driving forward at the same time and still get them.
I anxious to see if there will be a gentleman's agreement at the highest level in which each team gets two center bins, but that most likely won't happen. Citrus Curcuits, 1114, 2056, 254, 118, and many other elite teams will allow for einstein teams to have 2 canburglar robots and a 3 tote autonomous robot.