[Jared Russell]

Our robot has never built up any appreciable static, despite doing burnouts on regolith regularly during build season.

One of our patented good ideas this year was installing brushes on the frame that contact each drive wheel at the top of its rotation. Our intent was to keep the rover wheels clear of FRP dust and other debris to preserve maximum traction (and the brushes do that job very well - there is no dust on our wheels even after a half hour of skidding around on regolith).

Question: Could an unintended side effect of these brushes be that static charge is somehow dissipated and/or counteracted? My software-oriented brain defers to someone with a better knowledge of ESD...