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Re: Dry Ice on Robot?

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Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl View Post
What are you using it for?

My opinion would be that if it is doing anything useful (providing cooling) then it is an illegal energy source, as the energy for creating the dry ice did not come from any of the allowed sources of energy that may be used on a robot, and the dry ice effectively becomes a stored energy device.

If it's a "non-functional decoration" then there would be a very long discussion and evaluation regarding the safety aspects. After which it most likely would be deemed to be illegal.
But what about using it between back-to-back elimination matches to cool off motors?
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