[EricH]

Originally Posted by NyCityKId

i think first goes a little too far with the safety thing. they say most of these rule are for safety but i think they just like to get on our nerves. for example: why limit the amount of motors we can use?

Equal power. Think about it: I buy 20 CIMs and use all of them on one robot. That robot could easily tear itself apart (assuming that the battery didn't drain instantly or something of that nature), damaging everything around. Or, it could outpush and outrun every other robot out there and do a few other things while it was at it--with a single-speed drive and the right wheels.

By limiting the number and type of motors, the maximum power is roughly equalized for everyone, pneumatics being the "roughly" part. Imagine competing at sumo wrestling against a pro sumo wrestler, and that's what could happen if you put the quantity of motors to unlimited.