Battery Question

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Originally Posted by EliStevens12

My FRC team looked at the battery holding rule where, if the robot is turned upside down and the battery falls out it is declared ineligible. However we are wondering if it has to be strapped on. We have a piece of sheet metal that is above the robot and we want to know whether or not if the battery can fall on to the sheet metal if the robot is turned upside down. Any information will be a great help thank you.

The battery needs to 'stay put' in its position relative to the frame of the robot. In other words, make it so it can't move in any of X,Y and Z dimensions.