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Originally Posted by Pault
What would you say to the team that does not plan to use pneumatics on their robot, but wants shifting? Do they add the weight, space, and complexity for an entire pneumatics system? Or do they just decide that they can't shift?
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I'd say that if they wanted to shift, that they should have planned for pneumatics (at least a stored system with a small plastic tank). There's not a whole lot of point to buying an expensive, heavy shifter and then crippling it by not letting it shift on the fly.
If you really can't find the weight for pneumatics, calculate the strategically optimal speed, and just go single speed. You honestly don't need to shift that much anyway, and I'm sure you'll be able to improve your manipulator with the 2 lbs you just bought yourself.