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Re: How to power Mini-PC on robot?

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
Asking them to explain the meaning and intent of a rule is broad? I think not. I wasn't being cute. I was being sincere and trying to get a response.

I'd like to see one of two things:
A) Say that teams can use batteries for computing devices provided it is done safely and doesn't interface with the control or motors for the robot. This can be demonstrated by having the team turn off the robot and see what is still running.

or

B) Make the only legal source of power on the robot to be the ROBOT battery.
Both of those options bring up a lot of concerns that I don't think FIRST will agree with. With option A, you have the potential of teams connecting batteries to things that really shouldn't have batteries on them. You'd of course need much more changes in the rules to define what is "safely and doesn't interfere with control or motors for the robot". Option B means a lot of devices are now back out of the reach of teams, which kinda negates the original purpose of R37's lower info box. It's much too late in the season to implement that choice, as many teams are already designing in Phones ala 254 last year, GoPros and other small devices. I'd be ok with that first option, just as long as there's an explicit regulation on what it can and cannot power. Honestly, a single thread on CD and a few Q&A posts are unlikely to change these rules, so I'm not seeing that this could be implemented easily this year.
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