[ConKbot of Doom]

An arm doesn't even have to be that long to be dangerous. We have an arm with a 5' upright, and a 5' boom. But I don't know how many times I cringed as the arm swung with a tetra around it in Philly. The judges and scoring operators were far enough away, and the refs were paying enough attention to keep back. But there were many times when a camera man had to duck, move, or a ref had to tell them to watch it.

I think that in Philly there were a few incidents where I was nervous about other teams bots stacking on a goal right in front of our drivers station. Once I think that they dropped it but it was kind of between the teams so just a little step to the side and everyone was clear. But it was still a bit unnerving. A net or a cover of some sort would definitely be helpful when it came to preventing things like this.