[jason701802]

Whether or not the bumpers count against the 30lbs this year, FIRST really should excluded them in future years. First of all, a robot built close to the max dimensions cannot fit through a standard doorway with bumpers installed. Second, with the requirements to have two colors of bumpers, many teams build two sets of bumpers, which would be impossible to mount to to robot at the same time and having unattached objects in the bag is incredibly annoying and risks ripping the bag. Third, on a non-logistical note, there is no good reason to require the bumpers to ship with the robot. The bumpers have to be built to very specific specs, leaving little room for innovation, and for the small portion that allows innovation (the mounts), half of it has to be on the robot (and thus shipped with it). It is not like a teams bumpers are going to look any different whether or not they built them during the build season.