[Alan Anderson]

If you find that the DS won't boot properly when connected to its wall wart power supply, about your only course of action would be to try to reprogram it. If it only fails when trying to use the robot battery for power, you might not have a good battery, or you might have a poor power connection.

The WGA (robot radio) power output from the Power Distribution board is perfectly suited to powering the Driver Station. It's up-regulated, so you won't have to worry about momentary low-voltage situations causing an extended loss of control while the DS reboots.