[greencactus3]

ever since ive joined our team weve ONLY used pneumatics for our non drive components. just the reliability of having it impossible to burn a cylinder. as with a motor you can is worth it. and how you can have pneumatics stalled with no problems whatsoever is a major plus. and i think direct linear motion is 'simpler' than rotational. espescially since most motors require gearing down, where for pneumatics you only need a triangle with a side being the cylinder. or even just a straight linear motion as seen in many hanging robots last year. and on a personal opinion i think pneumatics are more 'smooth' (after all it is, air 'flowing'). because of the stallable nature of them, most of the time the robot components/frame/etc have less strain on them. well most of the time.