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Re: Update #6

What really worries me is this:
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While your robot is in your team’s pit space any hybrid receiver must be disconnected from your robot.
The Molex headers used to attach to the OI are quite fragile and easily bent, and if teams have to unplug them after every match, we could see a lot of teams with bent/broken/loose connectors. Especially for teams that hot glue the PWM connectors together so that one doesn't come unplugged.

I understand the intention, but a properly programmed robot will only listen to the IR board in auto mode, and a robot in the pits should NEVER be in auto mode in the pits unless precautions are taken to make sure that it is absolutely safe no matter what it does (since a freshly programmed auto mode can do anything without warning).
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