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Alex Cormier
03-14-2003, 01:48 PM
any other teams design and build bumpers before the competiton not during the competition?
ngreen
03-14-2003, 01:53 PM
Yeah, we have bumpers. They are already designed and on the robot, and we don't compete until April.

If only we had the weight..........
Alex Cormier
03-14-2003, 02:11 PM
if you can also post a picture::
evulish
03-14-2003, 03:42 PM
If our box aluminum frame counts as a bumper...then uhh sure...we have one :P
Alex Cormier
03-14-2003, 03:53 PM
a bumper:
a part that you can attach quickly and deattach quickly. not part of your frame.
Jeff Waegelin
03-14-2003, 04:24 PM
We've never used bumpers... solid steel or aluminum works good for us...
Josh Hambright
03-14-2003, 05:11 PM
we have a 1/8th inch aluminium plate on the back of our robot, it takes bumps pretty well...

and the 4 inch extruded box aluminum that is on the sid eof our bot bumps like no other:)
EIROBOTICS86
03-14-2003, 05:39 PM
we use lexan as a bumper it holds good and if it breaks we duct tape it back together viola instant bumpers
Josh Hambright
03-14-2003, 05:47 PM
Duct tape being illegal i cant think that is a good idea.
Alaina
03-14-2003, 06:41 PM
Our bumpers are made of this foamy stuff and covered in upholstery. They're held on by velcro straps. They've fallen off during competition once or twice...It's no big deal. They got pretty beat up though. We're gonna have to make new ones.
EIROBOTICS86
03-14-2003, 06:43 PM
Originally posted by oneangrydwarf
Duct tape being illegal i cant think that is a good idea.

well technically but if they cant see it its not illegal
srjjs
03-14-2003, 06:43 PM
Our lexan is easily detachable, as it is held on only by velcro. However, the rules say that the bumper must be soft enough to punch with your hand.
EIROBOTICS86
03-14-2003, 06:44 PM
you can punch lexan it might hurt but you can punch it
Gadget470
03-14-2003, 07:21 PM
High Tolerance for pain makes almost anything a bumper. I wonder how they would enforce this rule? I could punch a piece of lexan and be allright me thinks.. Lexan gives a bit more than a wall right?
EIROBOTICS86
03-14-2003, 07:57 PM
yeah just a little
AlbertW
03-14-2003, 08:49 PM
depends on the wall... in our robotics room (REALLY OLD BUILDING) we have a huge hole in the wall because someone ::cough:: tried to close a piston by pushing it against the wall.
Vincent Chan
03-15-2003, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by EIROBOTICS86
well technically but if they cant see it its not illegal

Seeing as how most of us use clear Lexan... :p
tenfour
03-16-2003, 03:43 PM
Yeah..

We really just use foam pool toys. They are cheap, quick and easy to use. Anyways, it seemed this year that we would have been fine without bumpers completely. We took a lotof hits on the parts of our robots with none, and we were fine.

BTW: AZ WAS GREAT!!
Mike Schroeder
03-16-2003, 03:47 PM
we used Dimond plate as a bumper :D