[Venkatesh]

During build season, we were testing our robot with a very poorly constructed wiring system (my fault). The connector from our main battery to the breaker block was not very strong. We also had a 7.2V backup battery connected, albeit one of a much higher capacity than Innovation First's.

We were still able to reset the controller easily. Whenever the connector from the main battery to the breaker block slipped, the robot would stop in its tracks and the controller would reset. It appeared to us that switching from the primary battery to the backup battery usually (3 out of 5 times) caused the controller to reset. The reset then required the full radio re-sync and other processes. We thought about the matter, and decided not to worry about this, because if the main battery was unable to power the robot, for whatever reason, we have greater concerns than keeping the controller up and running.

Btw, we were also able to start the controller with just the backup battery. I have heard many teams were unable to do so. I am not sure of the reason why we were able to.