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Re: Bumper Inspection Discrepency

A couple of points

1) There are several differences in the bumper rule wording between last year and this year, but I think they intended them to be the same. One problem is the omission of Figure 3-2 (which should be 4-2) referenced in rule R07-C. If that were the same as Figure 8-4 from last year (which I think it was intended to be) that should have answered any questions. Rule R07-O from last year is omitted this year, but replaced by R07-C and D where you could see the same intent although not as clearly.
2) I think there is some confusion between one-piece construction and continuous construction. When the GDC said that nothing prohibits one-piece construction, they are correct; you can attach all of your bumper segments together into a single unit. However, you cannot make the backing continuous because that would violate R07-C by having hard material in the radial projection of the corner. You would have to make that joint by crossing behind the corner diagonally above or below the robot frame.
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