pic: S.W.A.T. 1806 Stronghold 2016 FRC field

[Louisiana Jones]

Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

Yep. Almost pitched our 2015 robot into the crowd during a demonstration. That would have been terrible had our driver not corrected quickly. I recommend barriers if possible, or just stay 10' back from the edge.

Even with 10 feet I'm worried about our runaway autonomous routines which seem to do a number of unpredictable things. Here is a video of our robot deciding to turn into the wall at Worlds this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4Oj0VLvmo

and here is another where we drive straight into the wall for no apparent reason at IRI in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir_S2tIRH54

I just don't want to be around when the robot decides to jump off the stage and land on somebody.