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Unread 09-03-2014, 00:58
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Re: Recharging Robot Pneumatics with Air Tool compressor

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Originally Posted by Bochek View Post
The rule doesn't state that "shop compressors" are not allowed in the pits. Also filling your robots air tanks from a shop compressor for some time on the practice field would not fall under "non-compliance with any other applicable rules" from what I understand.
I agree -- I don't know of a rule that prohibits shop compressors in the pits. However, using one to fill your ROBOT's tanks, for any reason, would violate a number of rules -- airflow, one and only one compressor, and control of the compressor by the CRIO. I don't understand why anyone would think that a robot isn't a ROBOT just because it's not on the competition field.

As for the "I don't see any rule that says you can't" justification -- I don't see anything that says I can't use depleted uranium for ballast on my robot.
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