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Re: Policies on Projectiles?

Quote:
<R05> Exterior or exposed surfaces on the ROBOT shall not present undue hazards to the team
members, event staff or GAME PIECES. Reasonable efforts must be taken to remove,
mitigate, or shield any sharp edges, pinch points, entanglement hazards, projectiles,
extreme visual/audio emitters, etc. from the exterior of the ROBOT. All points and corners
that would be commonly expected to contact a TRACKBALL should have a minimum radiu
of 0.125 inches to avoid becoming a snag/puncture hazard. All edges that would be
commonly expected to contact a TRACKBALL should have a minimum radius of 0.030
inches. All of these potential hazards will be carefully inspected.
This is the only rule with projectiles in it. Once this gets forwarded to the GDC I think they will decide similarly to how they did in 2006 where they summed up that it was unsafe to have parts with springs and stuff flying everywhere. As a safety issue I do not think they will allow it, but please ask on the FIRST Q&As http://forums.usfirst.org/

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