[jman4747]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Would this only include brushed motors? Brushless motors and steppers would require different controllers, which is probably what's driving a lot of the standardization - ensuring that disabling the robot actually disables the actuators. Opening up to motors not from a specified list also increases opportunity lo lighten motors in what may be an unsafe manner. And what about hand-wound/homemade motors?

I mean brushed motors. That and the wattage/current limits from the op are meant to reduce the effect on the rules and inspection by not requiring additional rules for control electronics. The same controllers would still be able to be used.