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> Alternately, coat the machine with needles pointing outwards and let
> the static dissipate through air discharge. ;-D
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This was my thought also. Perhaps you can use carbon fibre antistatic brush=
es, =

like this: <http://www.amstat.com/solutions/passive.html> at suitable place=
s on =

the robot. Note that the brush should not touch the ground.

Normally these brushes are connected to ground potential and located close =
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charged surface. Since the carbon fibres are so thin, the field strength ar=
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them becomes high enough to ionize the air through corona discharges long =

before the breakdown voltage in air is reached (which would cause a spark =

instead).

/Ruben

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