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Re: Robot frame/bumper question

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Originally Posted by jvriezen View Post
Wouldn't that perimeter require bumpers along the diagonal segment of the perimeter string? -- 8" from each vertex of the frame perimeter ?
It would. The 2013 rules state "at least 8 in. of BUMPER must be placed on each side of each outside corner" (R22).

However, the redefinition of the bumper rule (which is on balance a very good thing) apparently allows for an unconventional interpretation. The corner protection requirement specifies 8 in of bumper on each side of an outside corner, but does not specify that this 8 in must be measured along the bumper backing. (See attached.)

In fact, because the definition of frame perimeter continues to permit a skew polygon, multiple corners' 8 in dimensions need not even be coplanar, nor parallel to the floor in any given orientation.
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