[Basel A]

Originally Posted by EricH

What escaped YOU was the text at the top of the rule:


Permitted !=, repeat, != required. If you were required to use the FTC battery, regardless of whether or not the rest of your minibot had any electronics whatsoever (for example, a rubber-band-powered one with a release tripped by the hostbot), then I would lose all respect for the GDC.

If you substitute the battery into the overall rule you get this:

Exactly one 12V rechargeable NiMH battery pack (and other items) are the only permitted materials for use on the MINIBOTS

This implies that exactly zero batteries is not a permitted material.
I believe that the interpretation you are suggesting is the intended one, but the rules of grammar disagree with you.