Locking bars and arming up!

[Bacon Wizard]

Someone was telling me on my build thread:

"I'd gladly take a shotgun to any of my bots"

And yet there are bots out there with weapons that scare the crap out of you, yes?

There ya go then.

[widow_twanky]

IMO it does depend on the robot, method of turning the bottle on, position of the valves etc.

The way hydra, dantomkia and rattler are built with access to the side for arming etc means they can fire all they like, if you aren't in line it's not a problem. The only one which moves is rattler and the gas key puts you well out of the way anyway. A misfire happened at the 02 with no issue on rattler (then disturbed). They are designed to be armed this way. They will also not turn themselves over if they misfire.

That said there is absolutely no way I would arm Diablo without a locking bar in it. The valve is in the robot and it throws itself all over the place when it fires, it would be simply suicidal to take the same approach.

[Shakey]

Someone was telling me on my build thread:

"I'd gladly take a shotgun to any of my bots"

And yet there are bots out there with weapons that scare the crap out of you, yes?

There ya go then.

I think you may have misunderstood. It is not about a robot damaging another robot accidentally when arming. It is about people being seriously injured by a robot without the proper safety restraints, people should be scared of the weapons they aren't there to give out gentle hugs.