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Re: Filling Robot Pneumatic Systems

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Originally Posted by Andy A. View Post
This is, at it's core, a safety issue. The compressor must be controlled by the Crio so it can be disabled by the FMS, just like every other robot mechanism. A simple commercial solution may well work to put air in the tanks to the right pressure, but it would not be something that could be remotely disabled through the FMS or if the control system loses comms or whatever.
The FMS doesn't control the cRIO when you're charging in queue.
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