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Originally Posted by 1075guy
Telling teams that their off-board compressor must still be powered by the ROBOT battery and controlled by the ROBOT's CONTROL SYSTEM doesn't simplify inspections, it makes them more complex.
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Under the existing rules, every robot's pneumatic system works the same. The robot powers and controls the compressor. That's a specific level of complexity that the inspectors must deal with. The
only difference with an off-board compressor is simply that the compressor itself is not mounted on the robot.
Under your preferred relaxation of the rules, teams could have different methods for pressurizing their system.
That would make inspections more complex. I won't detail all the things I can think of, but there would have to be some major changes to the pneumatic system rules in order to accommodate less restricted off-board sources of compressed air without adding significant burden to the inspection process.