[dtengineering]

It seems to me that having a big bag of frozen peas rest on your compressor right up until the moment you walk away from the robot as it sits on the playing field would not only allow you to start the match with a room temperature compressor, but... for what it's worth... a cool compressor.

Heck, you could even leave the frozen peas sitting on your robot... although there may be venue specific restrictions prohibiting you from bringing food into the venue, there are no rules specifically prohibiting the use of cryogenically preserved legumes on the robot.

If overheating is a problem, though, the real solution is to solve the problem... (hmm... deep thought, that one...) perhaps by adding active cooling such as a 12V 'computer' fan that blows a continuous stream of air over the compressor, or by investigating ways to reduce compressor usage.

Jason