Bumer question...

[nadavsen2]

Do the Bumpers must be 10 inches from the floor even if my chassie isn't?

[EricH]

If the bumpers are not in the bumper zone, then your robot will not pass inspection. If your chassis won't go into the bumper zone, then you need to make it do so. <R07> specifies all you would ever want to know about bumpers--well, other than the definitions of Frame Perimeter and Bumper Zone, which can be found in Section 8.2.

Bumpers out of the bumper zone are no longer bumpers; they are violations of <R16>.

[_Tanto_]

yes ... in "The Robot" section 8.2 of the manual Bumper Zone is defined as ... "the volume contained between two virtual horizontal planes, ten inches above the floor and sixteen inches above the floor" hope this helps

[O'Sancheski]

yes they need to be 10-16 inches from the ground no matter how tall your robot is

[nadavsen2]

so i can make another "floor" of chassie in the robot that it's 10 inches from
the floor and to put on it the bumpers?

[Chris is me]

I'm not sure I understand, but you need to mount your bumpers to some part of your robot 10 inches high. Everything in your robot needs to be within the perimeter formed by the bumpers.

[nadavsen2]

I mean like 2 floors of chassie that look the same , one is 10 inches high and nothing is beyond it.


something like this image:

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6285/14402584.jpg

[GaryVoshol]

That image is correct, assuming the proper distances. The bumpers must be mounted so that they remain between 10 and 16 inches from the floor, when on flat ground. Since the bumpers themselves are 5 inches wide, that gives you an inch of leeway.

[Wayne Doenges]

They also must be fully backed by the robot frame. In your picture it looks like you are going to add post to mount the bumpers. That won't work.
M. The entire length of the BUMPER backing must be supported by the structure/frame of the ROBOT (i.e. the backing material must not be in “free space” between or beyond attachment points) (see Figure 8 – 3).