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This is a Picture of the Robot as of Feb. 03, 2016.

This picture is also available on Instagram:
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I spy an exposed battery terminal! :eek:

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As long as common sense is used, an exposed battery terminal is not a huge problem, but if it isn’t used and the terminals are shorted it definitely causes problems:o .

When designing and testing a new robot, it can be difficult to put the time into doing a nice job of covering battery terminal( heatshrink, etc.) especially when the necessary orientation of the leads is unknown, but for a quick fix some electrical tape should suffice

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R34 says it will be a major problem at inspection. And that rule doesn’t exist as an engineering challenge.

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We forgot to put electric tape on our terminals last year and passed inspection…

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And that is why “It passed at [past event]” is not an excuse.

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I know that. We heatshrank our batteries this year just figured Id mention that some inspectors neglect the rule.

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Looking good Noah and the rest of 5420! Other than the battery terminal. We are excited to see the finished robot.

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Thanks. We have taken the robot apart! But we are putting it back together today. :ahh: :smiley:

I’m Placing ETape on the Batteries now…

(Also the Robot is not Finnished yet… we are maybe 85% finished)

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