Solution: Variable position of cylinder in compliance with <R74>

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Guys,
You are reading a little too much into this. The vent valve is to relieve system pressure so that the robot cannot move while in transport. There is no rule (except in my mind and those teams that design safely) that says the robot cannot move when energized. So many teams design just such a robot. When the pump comes on, things begin to move. Because the pits, the queue and transport areas are so crowded, we don't want a accident to occur simply because a system has pressure and a team member inadvertently enables the robot. I have had my arm caught in a moving mechanism and seen a robotic arm swing out and knock over the pit table into the pit behind it at Champs In addition to the safety, many rules are in place to reflect good engineering practice (similar to wire color codes) and to prevent teams with no pneumatic mentorship from hurting themselves.