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[Joe Matt]

Battery fell out. I mean, it's sitting right there ON THE FLOOR. But why?

[Greg Perkins]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Battery fell out. I mean, it's sitting right there ON THE FLOOR. But why?

Its a rule for the scorer's to disable a robot if a battery is dislodged from the bot. Its a safety hazard...who knows what could happen to those terminals, if they got spliced and grounded a bot out???

thats why we disable

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Greg Perkins

Its a rule for the scorer's to disable a robot if a battery is dislodged from the bot. Its a safety hazard...who knows what could happen to those terminals, if they got spliced and grounded a bot out???

thats why we disable

Well, I know that, mabey I should have been more clear.

Why was the battery knocked out?

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Battery fell out. I mean, it's sitting right there ON THE FLOOR. But why?

We designed it that way. It allows us to lose some weight when we go to hang on the bar! (joking)

That wasn't the first time we've had the battery come out. I remember our 2002 robot. During testing of the tank drive (1 joystick forward, 1 backward) we spun it in circles real fast......until the battery flew out and landed several feet from the robot!