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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd
Yep. Almost pitched our 2015 robot into the crowd during a demonstration. That would have been terrible had our driver not corrected quickly. I recommend barriers if possible, or just stay 10' back from the edge.
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Even with 10 feet I'm worried about our runaway autonomous routines which seem to do a number of unpredictable things. Here is a video of our robot deciding to turn into the wall at Worlds this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4Oj0VLvmo
and here is another where we drive straight into the wall for no apparent reason at IRI in 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_S2tIRH54
I just don't want to be around when the robot decides to jump off the stage and land on somebody.