[Al Skierkiewicz]

As Qbranch has pointed out. R46>"Items specifically PROHIBITED from use on the robot during competition matches include:
Electric solenoid actuators (note: electric solenoid actuators are NOT the same at pneumatic solenoid valves – the latter are permitted, the former are not)."


This is one of those rules that even I don't understand. I am hoping that one day we will be able to use solenoids. They (solenoids) would make it possible for teams that only want to shift their transmissions to do so without the need to add pnuematics to their robots. I would think that a little cooperation with AndyMark ought to allow an electrically shifted transmission. Eventually the use of a solenoid to lock a turret in place or some other function would be nice as well.