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Originally Posted by Jaxom
You are correct; I was imprecise. I'm not sure how to rigidly attach a bumper (which by rule must be non-articulated) to a frame perimeter (which also, by rule, must be non-articulated) in such a way that any articulation could take place. But then, I'm not very clever.
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The point I was trying to make was that even when the bumper and the structure comprising the frame perimeter are rigidly attached to each other (as the rules require), that frame-bumper assembly can be articulated with respect to some other parts of the robot. That's non-controversial when we're talking about articulation of the frame-bumper assembly relative to arms and shooters (or perhaps we would ordinarily call it articulation of arms and shooters relative to the frame-bumper assembly—technically, they're the same thing). But when we talk about articulation relative to drivetrains, the perception is frequently different. I that difference in perception is, strictly speaking, unfounded.