Glove Talk

[apalrd]

There is no requirement to wear gloves at any time at the competition.

The safety manual is only a guideline, it is not the rules. The rules are at frc-manual.usfirst.org

[Jon Stratis]

For the most part, I've only seen gloves used to help lift and carry a robot - sometimes the parts you have to lift by aren't all that comfortable, and having a nice pair of work gloves can make life a lot better for your hands over the course of the weekend.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

For the most part, I've only seen gloves used to help lift and carry a robot - sometimes the parts you have to lift by aren't all that comfortable, and having a nice pair of work gloves can make life a lot better for your hands over the course of the weekend.

At official events, I've almost always used gloves/had my teammates use gloves when lifting the robot. It's been a few months, but if my memory serves me correct, in MAR, during drivers meetings, we generally our told that gloves are pretty much required/strongly encouraged when lifting the robot on and off the field.

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by magnets

I don't think I've ever brought gloves to the competition, but if your robot used some kind of dangerous chemical, then you should.

In fact, while working with drill presses and lathes, gloves can be really dangerous. I've worked with a guy who lost most of a finger that way.

For instance: if the robot had a 13lb box full of heavy metals and extremely corrosive acids that was susceptible to physical damage. This would be especially critical if this box were removed and replaced every match and each team had multiple boxes.

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

For the most part, I've only seen gloves used to help lift and carry a robot - sometimes the parts you have to lift by aren't all that comfortable, and having a nice pair of work gloves can make life a lot better for your hands over the course of the weekend.

This is mostly what the safety manual is referring to IMO.