Thread: Robot Rule R08 - what does it mean, and what should it mean?
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Re: Robot Rule R08 - what does it mean, and what should it mean?
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I was a little confused by the rule. It prohibited drive chains under the rationale that metal even touching the ground was tractive force, but that didn't apply to smooth chassis rails like 254 and 1868. That particular Q&A threw me off.
I hear ya. In this case our team tried to think about the common sense part of it only - so we added skids with a polycarb shield so the chains couldn't contact the bump at all with the idea "yeah, chains on carpet bump edges = bad." However, when some folks started worrying about every possible smooth rail that could hit the field it got a little unnecessary.
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