were there robot related injuries on your team?

[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.