Best Bumper Rules EVER!
 

Okay... it's an awesome game.

But even more important than that... finally... bumper rules that achieve the goal without being needlessly restrictive. Chamfer the corner? Mitre the corner? Who cares?

Round noodles, star noodles, solid or hollow? Doesn't matter.

"1346" or "13 46"... doesn't matter so long as it's clear what your team number is!

3/4" Plywood, or a nice solid piece of maple as your bumper backing? Doesn't matter. (Just avoid particle board and such that won't take the impact... and no, I'd never waste a nice solid piece of maple as bumper backing.)

Thank you, GDC. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! :)

Jason

P.S. Okay... maybe the bumper rules aren't actually "more important" than the fact that it's an awesome game... but they make me happy.

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That was my biggest gripe last year. So glad they corrected it. And now there is more tolerance with wood and numbers and stuff. Thanks GDC!

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You're Welcome.
The Bumper Design Committee

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Thank you Big AL and all involved in the B.D.C.:)

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Knowing this may make some wonder why the new bumper rules don't include some electronic provisions.
:D ::safety::

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Thank you B.D.C.!

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Smile and wave boys ....... smile and wave .......

We'll eventually nudge the GDC into practicality ......:)

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Y'know, like super LED lights instead of fabric :) This way, alliance color changes aren't that big of a deal.

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I didn't even know there was a bumper design comittee! (Although I probably should have known...)

Let me modify my comments to:

"Thank you BDC! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

and thank you to FRC and the GDC for engaging the advice of experienced mentors and tech inspectors to make life easier for all of us!

Jason

Re: Best Bumper Rules EVER!
 

I notice that the bumpers are now exempt from the withholding allowance (30 lbs of fabricated parts we can bring into the event venue).

That is also a great change. Now we don't have to stick the second set of bumpers into the bag before we seal it.

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Because lights can fail? What my team did last year was have a single set of bumpers where the fabric can fold up or down and it is sewn so that it changes color depending on the direction.

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i agree that the bumper rules are great this year. it gives us alot of room to do just about anything with the robots and how to grab the frisbees

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It's actually not that hard from a control perspective. The FMS knows which teams are on which alliances, so it's not difficult to implement a small piece of code to turn on the LED to either red or blue.

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To reiterate Jason's eloquently stated appreciation..."Thank you BDC! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

Last year our team seemed to spend more time adhering to the letter of the law with respect to the bumpers than ANY other part of the robot! You'd think that something so simple should not pose a problem--wrong. We had modify on the spot to pass inspection because we measured 8" from outside corner of the bumper and not the inside corner as we were supposed to.

Thank goodness that GDC (and BDC) listen to people.