As I read R68, and other associated rules in the manual surrounding compressors I see absolutely no rules preventing a team from having a compressor in their pit that is not used for the robot.
Quote:
R68: Compressed air on the ROBOT must be provided by one and only one compressor. Compressor specifications may not
exceed nominal 12VDC, 1.05 cfm flow rate.
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Emphasis mine. As far as I can tell, it is ONLY up to either the VENUE to disallow the use of a shop compressor for
non robot powering service or the event staff if they deem that a team is unsafely using it (such as using it to clean off their tables, etc.) I have not found any other tournament rules that explicitly disallow a team from bringing a shop air compressor into their pit
for purposes other than filling their robot's air tanks.
- Nick