[EricH]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

The FRP is non conducting, so there is no path from the robot to the ground while it is driving around. If you are driving full speed into a wall or airlock, there may not be enough contact with the carpet to discharge the build up into the ground before it contacts the field frame.

Ah. That complicates matters.

How about grounding the airlocks? Teams can't do that, but if FIRST figures out how to do it, then the issue won't exist anymore. At least, not as much.