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Originally Posted by jralloComBBAT21
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The danger of an out of control robot is a real one, as teams attempt to pressurize their robot in the queue. The depressurization rule, and initial compromise (you can pressurize in the final queue position) set up a condition where a robot was still in auto, and took off running into several people. Finally, after many matches, the head inspector saw the light on the potential issues with field delays and the real danger (run away robot) and allowed us to pre-charge before entering the field... This leads into a conversation about FIRST adding rules (even if in contrast to written rules) in the name of "Safety." Further, FIRST likes to email inspectors hidden "rules of the event." We only know about these rules since we have a volunteer inspector on our team, all other FIRST teams are not privy to these "rules of the event."
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1)This is a situation that would be a good place for a request (Gracious & tactfully made) that the LRI consult an higher authority such as Al. T18-A clearly shows that teams can use precharged springs & pneumatics to maintain legal staring configuration. This is so universally done, I am a little surprised it took so long for the feedback to take hold, but not being their I can't be too judgemental.
This is also a good example of safety being a lot more than simple rules. Safe to say that for most robots, having charged pneumatics is safer than enabling robots in queue. Our robot is actually marginally safer with the pneumatic pressurized.