I hate to bring up this discussion once again, but we are having a discrepency within our team. Some people believe that you will be able to split up the 8" of bumper on one side of the robot into two 4" pieces (backed by the frame that is). My interpretation of the rules is that each corner of the robot needs to have 8" of bumper on
both sides of it, that is on a normal sized robot, the 28" side of one corner needs 8" minimum of bumper and the 38" side needs 8" also. Since this applies to each corner, the maximum ammount of opening on the short side is 12", correct?
Here is a restatement of the rule in question:
Quote:
4.1.6 Bumper Rules
[R27]
Robots are required to use Bumpers to protect all exterior vertices of the Frame Perimeter. For adequate protection, at least 8 in. of Bumper must be placed on each side of each exterior vertex (see Figure 4‑1, Figure 4‑2, and Figure 4‑3).
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I also attached a diaghram. Please post which side you believe to be correct.