Thread: Pneumatics v. Motor
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Re: Pneumatics v. Motor
In my opinion if you can use pneumatics for numerous mechanism then go with pneumatics. Compressed air has a high upfront cost in weight (compressor, tanks, etc), but has a low cost in weight for each additional mechanism (pneumatic cylinders esp. small ones are fairly light).
Motors on the other hand have an essentially fixed weight cost. Each additional motor driven mechanism adds the weight of a motor and the requisite electronics.

As to which is better for a shooter, that comes down to ingenuity. I'm sure there are excellent designs using both and I would make that decision based on how well pneumatics integrate into what you want to do with the rest of the robot.
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