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Originally Posted by Arjun Namineni
*cough* that's Illegal *cough*
<R34> The only legal source of electrical energy for the ROBOT/HOSTBOT during the competition is one MK ES17-12 12VDC non-spillable lead acid battery, OR one EnerSys NP 18-12 battery, as provided in the 2011 KOP. Batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device are also permitted (i.e. laptop batteries), provided they’re only used to power the COTS computing device.
emphasis is mine.
By charging with one battery and swapping for a second, you would be breaking this rule.
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There's nothing wrong with what they're doing. The rule you quoted simply details what batteries you can use in competition, not what action may be done with said battery. There's a rule about not needing power to get into starting configuration, but if they take care of that off the field it doesn't matter.