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Re: Use of Flashlight as Aiming Aid

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Originally Posted by Adamc4 View Post
Just to get clarification, do you have to wire up the flashlight to the power distribution on the robot from the main battery, or can you just use AA or AAA batteries in an isolated system? I've seen people do it both ways and I wanted to know whether that was legal or not. Thanks!
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The only legal source of electrical energy for the ROBOT during the competition, the ROBOT battery, is one of the following 12VDC non-spillable lead acid batteries:
A. MK Battery (P/N: ES17-12) or
B. EnerSys (P/N: NP 18-12)

Exception: Batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device or self-contained camera are also permitted (e.g. laptop batteries), provided they’re only used to power the COTS computing device and any peripheral COTS USB input devices connected to the COTS computing device and they must be securely fastened to the ROBOT.
Yes, you can use those batteries, as long as they don't power anything else.