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We are thinking 12" (12" -7") in front max height a bit lower in back angled. You need either 8" corner sides or a side less than 8" entirely covered. We are building a box frame inside treads and attach bumpers to that outside tread perimeter Be careful if Scaling to Scale without going outside 15" vertices of the base. |
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thank you we will take all of that into consideration thank you very much.
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I wanted to know if you have an intake device and your frame is less than 8", cam you just cover the frame or do you need an 8" long bumper?
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We were also thinking about bumpers being between 7"-12" (5" tall) without going over the 12" limit
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Which means that maybe we should do our own? Edit: Like the attached? |
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Sure...and it would not be official....
I am just pointing out that the rules are kind of hard to understand, even with all the effort the GDC has put into making it easy to understand, yet not stifling creativity. Somehow, they can't just come out and say you have to have 8" bumpers on each side of the slot on the front of your robot, and that slot can't be very wide. |
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Just wondering if anybody knows any restrictions regarding securing the bumpers, what do they have to be attached to?
I know they should be attached to the frame perimeter, but are there any rules stating that it has to be backed every x amount of inches that I may have missed? Can you have a section of bumper free floating? Just a couple of questions as my team is fairly new and has only had to deal with bumpers on one other occasion. any help on the matter would be much obliged. |
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BUMPERS must be supported by the structure/frame of the ROBOT (see Figure 4-9). To be considered supported, a minimum of 1⁄2 in. at each end of the BUMPER must be backed by the FRAME PERMIETER. Additionally, any gap between the backing material and the frame: A. must not be greater than 1⁄4” deep, or B. not more than 8 in. wide |
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With all the obstacles in this year game that the bumpers can potentially hang on... Robust bumper supports will be particularly important. Dragging bumpers can get your robot disabled for the match.
The rule requiring 2 in of support in the corners is a little perplexing to me. The edge of a box cutter blade is approximately 2 inches long. I would want more than that for a corner support. :] |
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Thank you everyone that has responded to this post.
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