Remote Kill Switch

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I was reading another thread "Safety Issue: Robots Moving in Pits" and ask now, why don't we have a clear remote kill switch?

A lot of teams don't know/forget that the space bar on the computer is an emergence kill switch. As a result (also coming from some unsafe practices) people are getting run over by 100 lb robots. People can't argue that part.

The judges have there own kill switch during the game.

Something that would be very intuitive would be like a 2 button detonator switch (Separate from any other controller). The first button has a guard, and would have to be activated to run the robot (means someone has to hold the kill switch). The second of course would be the kill.

This takes a VERY proactive approach to having someone specifically watch for emergencies. No, you can't stop people from making bad choices, but you can make it easier to make good ones.

I think I'll be bringing this up at our next team meeting.

Thoughts?