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by garethrees 3361 days ago
Unless it's a physical limitation of the motor, "moves slowly" is still risky, because a programming error could cause the robot to move unexpectedly quickly in an unexpected direction! But "motor too weak to cause injury" is a good safety feature.

The project looks really nice in the videos, by the way — it must have taken a great deal of effort to get it working so smoothly.