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Originally Posted by asid61
"Pneumatic muscle" is just a cylinder right? Contract/extend? A cylinder should act like a pair of- I think the term is complementary? -muscles. And pneumatics have a lot of uses.
How many compressors can we have on a bot?
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Definitely one compressor (obligatory we-dont-know-next-year's-rules-for-certain) See 2014 4.10 R79
On a technicality, muscles only "retract" and relax, offering little/no force in the "pushing" or extension direction. It takes a pair of muscles pulling on opposite sides of a joint to fully operate the joint.
A double acting, and to an extent, a single acting cylinder offers force in both the extending and retracting directions.
If you are referring to something similar to what Joe posted, I would make the point that there is (in FRC applications) very very little that that device could do that a standard cylinder could not.
By simply looking at the picture,
It seems lighter due to its not steel construction, and more lenient in handling non-coaxial forces.