[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Please be aware that the the rules for suction devices vary more year to year then just about any other rule in FIRST.

That brings up an intresting entry in this year's game manual

Originally Posted by GDC

<R100> The following pneumatics items may be added to your robot:
• You may use the 2005 Kit pneumatic cylinders, solenoid valves, and pneumatic tubing in addition to
those items in the 2006 Kit, but you must account for their costs as explained in the Cost Limits and
Accounting section.
• You may use a pressure transducer as long as it is rated to the operating air pressure at its mounting point
in the pneumatic system.
• For the purposes of the FIRST competition, a device that creates a vacuum is not considered to be a
pneumatic device and is allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, Venturi-type vacuum generators and
off-the-shelf vacuum devices (as long as they are powered by one of the Kit-of-Parts motors).
• For the purposes of the FIRST competition, closed-loop pneumatic (gas) shocks are not considered
pneumatic devices, and are permitted additions to the robot.