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Re: FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers
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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod
Only putting a battery in it is illegal on a robot  |
Actually, if I remember right, COTS devices are allowed to use their internal batteries...
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
Non-legal 2009-2014 control system components were in FIRST Choice last year.
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There were no rules saying you couldn't use those parts. Just that they couldn't directly control the robot with them. If you wanted to put a cRIO on the bot and use it for camera processing then communicate to the RoboRIO you legally could.
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