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Originally Posted by EricH
This is really, really fine dust. As in, tyvek suit, dust mask, and safety glasses just to enter the operation area (see next to my WAI photo), and a respirator if you're in there longer than a couple minutes. I don't remember the exact size, but that's pretty fine...
Oh, and the robots get vacuumed on exiting, trying to get all of the dust off or out. I don't think there's anything conductive, but it's hard to say for sure.
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In that case, I doubt it would do well. I think I've seen motors permanently damaged from fine sheet rock dust, but I have also seen some full of household dust at a pretty fine size that continued to work. I did once accidentally send a small amount of baking soda through a vacuum cleaner motor, and it survived. Still, I probably wouldn't try it without a filter. You don't want it to fail during a competition match/run.
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