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Re: Infinite Height - Driver's Station?

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Legal? Maybe... Depends on how the field staff feel about safety. Smart? No. There are hard impacts on the driver station wall practically every match. If your camera on a pole is just leaning against the wall, it will be knocked over repeatedly. This would distract your drive team and possibly those on either side of you, and possibly injure someone when it falls over.

Please get it securely attached.
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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
I can't say whether it would be legal or not, but I can say that is sounds like a bad idea. Especially if you, y'know, want to be able to actually use it (robots frequently run into driver's station walls, which may cause something just leaning against the wall to fall).

In the immortal words of Dave Lavery: "You can be legal and be graciously professional, but still be dumb." Secure your pole and don't give them a reason to ban them on safety grounds.
Ya the idea was that since we couldn't hold on to it during autonomous we would run and grab it and hold it during teleop. However, both your points are well received and we will be looking to secure it some how for the future.
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