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Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
Some basic background on static:
"static" does not behave like the electricity you are used to. It occurs when you have an area with a different density of electrons than the areas around it. Think electrical pressure difference." The only way to get rid of this is by direct contact with an area of a lower electron density or through a conductor that connects to an area of lower charge density. The ground can be though of as a vast electron sink. If you can connect the thing you are having problems with to the the ground through a conductor such as some bare wire touching the ground, you might be able to solve your problem. It would equalize the charge density. At the very least, you could connect to a large conductor(such as your frame) , which would spread the charge out over a larger area, decreasing its density.
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The only problem I could think of is that the balls themselves are pretty nice charge carriers, such that the robot, even while equalized internally, would develop an overall charge. The same would hold true with the balls.
Then again, maybe this is only if a team is shooting a
lot of balls!
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