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R604       *Charge batteries at a safe rate. Any battery charger used to charge a ROBOT battery may not be used such that it exceeds 6-Amp average charge current.

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Rule R603
R603       *Charge batteries with safe connectors. Any battery charger used to charge a ROBOT battery must have the corresponding Anderson SB connector installed.
Rule R606
R606       *Secure the battery. The ROBOT battery must be secured such that it will not dislodge during vigorous ROBOT interaction including if the ROBOT is turned over or placed in any arbitrary orientation.
Rule R607
R607       *Insulate battery connections. Each electrical terminal on the ROBOT battery, main breaker, and their connections (lugs, stripped wire ends, etc.) to the wire must be fully insulated at all times.
Rule R602
R602       *Other batteries for cameras or computers only. COTS USB battery packs with a capacity of 100Wh or less (27000mAh at 3.7V) with 5V/5A max output or 12V/5A max output using USB-PD per port, batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device or self-contained camera (e.g. laptop batteries, GoPro style camera, etc.), or batteries used to power CMOS/RTC features may be used to power COTS computing devices and any peripheral COTS input or output devices connected to the COTS computing device provided they are:
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