Vacuum

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

Therefore you would be using the solenoid for a purpose other than pnuematic. I think this is quite clear.

Peter, <R60> only talks about what parts are allowed to be on the robot. It says nothing about how they are allowed to be used. Whether the solenoids we are allowed to use will physically work for this application is up for debate, but please don't spread misinformation when the rules say something else.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Peter, <R60> only talks about what parts are allowed to be on the robot. It says nothing about how they are allowed to be used. Whether the solenoids we are allowed to use will physically work for this application is up for debate, but please don't spread misinformation when the rules say something else.

I am not spreading mis-information. We clearly disagree on the interpretation of the way this is written and both feel strongly that the way it is written agrees with our case. As such anyone who wants do this should directly ask about it through the FIRST Q&A system.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

I am not spreading mis-information.

As it turns out, you are.

The rule you are quoting, <R60>, is forbidding electric solenoid actuators. It's not saying anything about legal or illegal ways to use pneumatic solenoid valves. Ironically, the parenthetical comment that is intended to clarify the meaning is apparently what's leading you to misinterpret it.

Do you know what electric solenoid actuators are? They're the sort of thing that you find in chime doorbells, where an electric current causes a magnetic field to move a metal rod.