were there robot related injuries on your team?

[ahirsch2589]

our battery came unplugged in the curie quaterfinals, getting beat by the highest score ever seen in aim high

[AdamC]

I got hit in the face 2 minutes ago by a flying piece of nylon space that broke off in the lathe. Thank FIRST for safety goggles. Still got a nasty stinging sensation in my face.

[heywuhjab]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postid=679301

[RoboKid1566]

Just some bumps and bruises this year nothing big yet... its bound to happen with some people we have here.... lets hope not though
so far I'm one of the main people who is part of safety we have to kinda yell at people to wear their goggles... i guess they will learn their lesson when the time comes and they get hurt doing something....

[Éowyn]

Well, I broached my thumb today . . . I now have a nice little 1/8" chunk out of my left thumb. There was more blood than I would've thought. 'Twas kinda gross.

Moral of the story? Pay attention while broaching keyways.

[Blue_Mist]

I can't remember all the injuries. I just know that whenever we work on the drive train late at night, we end up with all of these mysterious cuts, blood and grease on our hands. My hands have almost one scar per square inch by now, just from two years of late night chain adjusting and competitions.

My most notable injury was when our 2005 bot still worked and we let a non-member drive it at a recruitment demo. He started spinning with a heavy PVC tetra, copying our competition driver, and didn't raise the arm high enough. The tetra flew off, missed my best friend, and hit me square on the mouth, leaving a bruise for a week. We have never let a non-member drive with tetras since. Poof balls and ringers, yes. Tetras, no.

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by Blue_Mist

I can't remember all the injuries. I just know that whenever we work on the drive train late at night, we end up with all of these mysterious cuts, blood and grease on our hands. My hands have almost one scar per square inch by now, just from two years of late night chain adjusting and competitions.

My most notable injury was when our 2005 bot still worked and we let a non-member drive it at a recruitment demo. He started spinning with a heavy PVC tetra, copying our competition driver, and didn't raise the arm high enough. The tetra flew off, missed my best friend, and hit me square on the mouth, leaving a bruise for a week. We have never let a non-member drive with tetras since. Poof balls and ringers, yes. Tetras, no.

Lets not forget this humorous doozie.

[Blue_Mist]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

Lets not forget this humorous doozie.

Oh, I remember it so well. It was last year; he has since graduated, but I was actually building something else at the time and only got to see the end result. He did stop by earlier in the season and inquire how things were going. Ironically enough, the '05 robot is actually the one in the background.