pic: FRC Robots are the best mode of transportation!

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Originally Posted by M.Wong

One of our mentors in the past used to joke with us saying "if you guys ever get three medals at one competition, you can put a seat on the robot."

well i dont know for sure, but i think every team gets 25 participation medals...haha jk.

speaking for exposed chains...i know quite well the danger there, though i can say that i am always cautious when riding a robot if the drive chains are exposed. for the most part we always try to cover them. on the first day in atlanta last year i was fixing a chain and caught my finger in the running chain/sprocket. pretty lucky that it was only a #25 chain, but it was still pretty bad and i had to get a few stitches. thus since then i have been wayyy more careful with chains.

as for wearing a helmet, well i guess if you are planning on going really really fast or you dont trust your holds, thats probably a good idea. but i dont think that wearing one is really going to come to the mind of someone who is attempting to ride their robot..i think they'd be focused on other things.