[robocup-nao] Nao's in the carry-on luggage

[Brad Hall at CSE, UNSW]

The only battery incident I've had personally was in China (Xi'an), 
where I had to remove the battery from my laptop, but I was then 
allowed to put it back in the same suitcase as the laptop.

I remember also a story that once we had to remove the battery from a 
AIBO as they were worried that it might turn itself on mid-flight.

I think they are just worried about it shorting or starting to move 
during the flight.

Cheers,
Brad


At 4:39 AM +0300 4/6/09, Elad Alon wrote:
>Thank you very much for the very swift answer. One more question, 
>though (from me, at any rate. Eran might have some more). You 
>mentioned removing the battery, to avoid any issues. Where would you 
>put it? Take it with the carry-on luggage? Or did you mean just take 
>it out of the robot?
>
>Thanks,
>Elad Alon
>
>On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 04:21, Brad Hall at CSE, UNSW 
><<mailto:bradh at cse.unsw.edu.au>bradh at cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
>
>UNSW puts the Naos into the checked luggage.  We have suitcases and
>then cut the foam that the Naos arrived in to suit the suitcase.
>This actually seems safer than having them squashed into the
>over-head luggage areas.
>
>China had some strict conditions for the robots, so we were held up
>at customs until the RoboCup representative arrived.  As a precaution
>when we left Australia, we got our Customs to stamp a list of
>everything we were taking out so that when we returned we could prove
>that the robots were not new imports, but from memory there was no
>issue.
>
>I would recommend removing the battery to avoid any issues.
>
>Cheers,
>Brad
>
>
>
>
>At 4:06 AM +0300 4/6/09, Eran Polosetski wrote:
>>Hi Guys,
>>
>>What kind of problems (if any) did you face when carrying Nao's in
>>your carry-on luggage on board a flight? (not in your checked
>>luggage...)
>>
>>I heard rumors that it is better to separate the battery from the
>>robot. So did you experience any security / luggage-weight / other
>>problems?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Eran
>>
>>
>
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