[Nessie]

I have seen robots disconnecting their connections while driving during auto/tele.
I have seen robots dragging their batteries behind them before getting emergency shutdown by FTA.
I have even seen robots destroy themselves from the inside due to a loose battery bouncing around during a match.

I witness a battery mishap at least once per regional(Usually more). Rookie teams are often the offenders but every once and a while an experienced team surprises me.


Moral of the story, secure the living everything out of your battery. Even just for a practice bot/prototype. It's significantly less time consuming and expensive to engineer a strong battery mount then to fix a busted PDB/DSC.

*Pro-tip, a zip-tie around the Andersons connection is a great failsafe. Check your alliance partners battery mounts/connections before a match and suggest the zip-tie if you have any doubts. Additionally, the extra set of eyes on each other's robots never hurts. (Yes even during qual's)