any other team design bumpers? [Archive]

Alex Cormier

14-03-2003, 13:48

any other teams design and build bumpers before the competiton not during the competition?

ngreen

14-03-2003, 13:53

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

14-03-2003, 14:11

if you can also post a picture::

evulish

14-03-2003, 15:42

If our box aluminum frame counts as a bumper...then uhh sure...we have one :P

Alex Cormier

14-03-2003, 15:53

a bumper:
a part that you can attach quickly and deattach quickly. not part of your frame.

Jeff Waegelin

14-03-2003, 16:24

We've never used bumpers... solid steel or aluminum works good for us...

Josh Hambright

14-03-2003, 17:11

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

14-03-2003, 17:39

we use lexan as a bumper it holds good and if it breaks we duct tape it back together viola instant bumpers

Josh Hambright

14-03-2003, 17:47

Duct tape being illegal i cant think that is a good idea.

Alaina

14-03-2003, 18:41

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

14-03-2003, 18:43

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

14-03-2003, 18:43

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

14-03-2003, 18:44

you can punch lexan it might hurt but you can punch it

Gadget470

14-03-2003, 19:21

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

14-03-2003, 19:57

yeah just a little

AlbertW

14-03-2003, 20:49

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

15-03-2003, 10:46

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

16-03-2003, 15:43

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

16-03-2003, 15:47

we used Dimond plate as a bumper :D