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What in the world?
While at the BAE regional we ran into a problem and we're wordering if anyone has any ideas what could have happened.

We had our robot on blocks in our pit so it wouldn't move. We were using a 2003 battery to power the robot. The 7.2V backup battery was charged and installed. While operating the 4 motor drive train we noticed the following problem:

The battery appeared to be pulsing out power. Our RC would reset itself about once a second. Causing us to loose control of it. We did notice that the battery had loose terminals. But would that explain the pulsing? Why did the RC reset? I thought it had a backup battery? Anyone have a clue what might have happened?