Is assisting the robot arm with a vacumn legal?

[Liu_yiang]

Legal, yes, as long as it follows the specifications. However, keep some stuff in mind when dealing with suction of any sort:

1. The surface of suction needs to be fairly flat, otherwise there's no chance of getting a good seal.

2. The amount of suction required could be quite a bit.

3. The power requirement would be great. Remember, you have to carry the tube across the length of the field before you can score.

So, yes, it'd be cool to have a vacuum robot. But our team found that there were just too many issues to justify it.