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Originally Posted by dlavery
I am not going to believe them .... because at this point in time we have absolutely no information to make us conclude that this restriction is in fact coming from the insurance companies. It could just as easily be coming from an exceptionally cautious person at FIRST that is trying to head off a perceived potential confrontation with an insurance company without considering the impact on the teams, or an over-zealous "safety expert" from one of the regional competitions that happened to get the ear of someone at FIRST. So before anyone starts making any assumptions about why this rule has been put in place, or about perceived threats from lawsuit-happy lawyers, or what some insurance company may or may not think is dangerous, I think we need to ask a few questions and get a few facts.
-dave
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I'd sincerely hope that those over-zealous "safety experts" realize that there are many people who have learned, either through training or experience, to operate such devices safely.
So that leads me to trying to create a solution. We have these safety captain badges, right? Suppose that we put the Safety Advisors to work on Thursday, having them make sure that the safety captain for a particular team knows how to operate their drill press/bandsaw/can opener. The captain demonstrates knowledge of all the right practices, and that drill press/bandsaw/can opener gets a sticker from the Safety Advisor, just like our robots do. This sticker grants the team the ability to use the tool in the presence of the safety captain. It's another hoop to jump through, but I'd take it over the alternative.
To steal an Andy Baker spotlight:
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
Don't tell the rookies to "not touch the robot", show them how to work safely.
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