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Re: Robots not under driver control- does it happen- do you determine why?

Thanks for the suggestions. Here's what I've got so far:

1. Our voltage certainly is not dropping below 6V. We've monitored it closely just to make sure.
2. We are using a WAGO connector to plug the 5V inverter into the dedicated, protected PD 12V output. The right-angle power connector that came with the radio is connected to the radio and taped in with electrical tape wrapped around the entire radio to keep it snug.
3. Attempts to force a power outage by wiggling any of the connections have not worked.
4. Our radio is set up such that the switch will not be hit by anything, and we are 99.9999% certain that it was not hit by anything at any point where we lost communication.

We're going to re-wire everything anyway and test it on our practice bot before Championship. Hopefully whatever the issue is, that solves it.

Thanks for the help, folks!
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