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Unread 08-01-2012, 23:01
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Re: Bumper question

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Quite frankly, I don't know why that interior bumper is outlined as "not OK". The rules say that a bumper must attach to the frame perimeter, which it does, it must be a minimum of 8" on either side of an exterior vertex, can't tell since the drawing is not dimensioned, etc. There do appear to be any rules that prevent interior bumpers. If I find out, I will let you know.
I interpret it this way. The FP does NOT include the inside of the U you are not allowed to have a bumper in there... ...that doesn't count as robot weight. If you want to put bumper in there, knock yourself out, it just has to go in your BOM calculations, weight, ...

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