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Re: is it legal to have LEDs on robot

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Originally Posted by Thad House View Post
You would have to follow the steps to get it approved by FIRST through the email. If you did that, then yes they would be legal. Otherwise, the IR portion of it would have to be disabled to fit R61.
I'd bet that the IR portion on the bot would only be a receiver. (Could easily be checked with a cheap IR camera or a cell phone with a bad IR filter over it's camera)
So as long one only used the IR remote to set the color before the match, it should be okay?
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