Safety Issue: Robots Moving in Pits

[xXhunter47Xx]

Our robot cart has the robot sit on blocks and it's secured via bungee cords so it's safe to run as long as it's on the cart and is clear of people.

We take safety very seriously. It's not really even a discussed thing, it's just kind of a common knowledge unspoken rule. Anything that poses an immediate threat means safety glasses, tied up hair (haha nobody has long hair but for the sake of safety), situational awareness, and anyone who is not working with the tool is required to stand a safe distance away or back into the room (we drag our large power tools outside the classroom, so if you're not working outside you're inside).

We did have an incident where a new student (who wanted to join mid-way through build season) used the belt sander with a kitchen mitt (one that's not owned by the team, nonetheless) and got a serious talk with everyone on the team.

I digress, from what I've noticed teams at the SD Regional 2014 have robot carts that lift the wheels off any points of contact and then is run when clear.
It was also made fairly clear that any robot operation would be done at the practice field, and luckily for us we were 20 feet away from the practice field so it wasn't that big of a deal to us.
But it was very clear that the robot shouldn't be run in the pit without it blocked up properly.