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Originally Posted by JVN
Where does it say this? I don't see that as the spirit of the rule at all.
If you read <R1> it says you can have power derived from the onboard 12V battery, AND from any compressed air stored in the pneumatic system.
-John
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<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.
<R35> Items specifically prohibited from use on the ROBOT include:
A. any battery other than, or in addition to, the one primary battery permitted by Rule <R34>
the MINIBOT battery, or a battery contained in a COTS computing device,
One could argue that it is not in the spirit of the rules since energy on-board the robot during a match is coming from two separate batteries. However, as long as both batteries are running through the PD/cRIO and not more than one at a time is hooked up, I do not believe to be a letter of the rules violation.
As a side note, if you are drawing so much energy off the battery that you need to swap them out after charging your compressed air system, you may need to rethink part of your design.