Re: FRC 2012: Update #3 (aka I Hate Bumpers)
 

We ran into this "bumpers must be attached at the ends" conundrum at the pre-ship on Saturday (I am thankful we found out Saturday and not Thursday at our first regional).

We use the AM Kitbot Chassis. Does anybody have any good ideas on how to attach at the bumpers at the ends given all the bolts that are already in the end just for holding the kitbot chassis together?

<rant>I had two students spend probably 5 hours each just working on attaching bumpers to the frame, only to find out about they must be attached at the end rule. I have hated bumpers from year 1 (we are a 4th year team). There is so much time, brainpower, money and rules wasted in putting on bumpers every year for something that should be incidental to the robot design. </rant>

Re: FRC 2012: Update #3 (aka I Hate Bumpers)
 

I hear you.
We are doing some quick modifications to our bracket mount as its not at the "end" of the bumper but about an inch off from the end.:mad:

Re: FRC 2012: Update #3 (aka I Hate Bumpers)
 

We have a modified kitbot frame, and in the end (on the end of the robot with the gap for the collector) of the frame, we put a piece of 1x1 box that slides into the c-channel, this holds it in without another fastener. I think that satisfies the update, they really do need to clarify, and now that stop-work day has passed, there will be many teams frantically fixing bumpers on the first day of competition.