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Re: Charging pneumatics system before match
As long as the robot is disabled there is both a latch and the pistons keeping the kicker stored, I would consider the pistons to be the "fail safe" feature.

I don't think I would leave any unsupervised robot energized and/or turned on with inexperienced users, that just seems like a bad idea in the first place!

Energized pneumatics system could cause hearing damage if discharged improperly, almost any piston has enough force to hurt someone pretty badly in the wrong circumstance, and there are numerable things that could go wrong with the electrical system. Hands can get caught in chains, overheating motors can burn... I could go on...

My point being that these robots aren't little-kid-proof, and they never will be, there will always be some risk involved with working with a FIRST robot. I think we've done the best reasonable job we can do of minimizing that risk.
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