[EricH]

Originally Posted by boarder3512

Recently in the official Q&A, under R05, somebody asked this question:

Q. Does the 54" diameter cylinder include the bumpers or not. R05 ambiguous.
A. Yes, BUMPERS are considered part of the ROBOT for [G23]. This will be addressed in Team UPDATE - 2013-01-11.

Browsing over team update 2013-01-11, it does not appear that FIRST addresses G23.

This is a pretty important rule and I hope that FIRST can provide some clarification. Anyone have any ideas of what is going on regarding G23?

They did address it. They removed the "and volume" exemption for bumpers and battery (though the weight exemption remains).