pic: mounted Anderson

[Kris Verdeyen]

Gluing components to the battery is not allowed per <R65>. Similar rules have disallowed this in previous years also.

Would attaching sticky back velcro to the battery be considered a modification?

[sanddrag]

Do we all have small hands or something? I can pick up the battery with no problem just as it comes. If you can't use both hands. If you don't have two hands free, grab a team mate. It is a probably a good idea to assign one person to be in charge of the batteries anyhow.

[mizscience]

Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen

Would attaching sticky back velcro to the battery be considered a modification?

No, as that is you adding something to secure the battery, not you trying to permanently attach it to the robot or screwing into it or some other such modification.

[DonRotolo]

Hey, at least they find out NOW that it's not allowed, rather than at inspection.

Telling them is GP.

Don

[PDF32100]

welll i couldnt find a pic of our last year rock and roll robot but we did have the battery right in the front it was protected we had the anderson connector coming aLl the way from the backk to the front and we did screw it onto the frame so it just clicks in as shown we had no problem with it and no problems given from the judges