Thread: Two Edges on One Side Less than 8 inches?
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Re: Two Edges on One Side Less than 8 inches?
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Originally Posted by Redo91 View Post
There is a very clear example of this under R22 that you referenced.
It does seem so, but the GDC referenced Q137 as an answer to "Can the right side of the robot in the bottom of figure 4-2 have either segment less than 8 in?" and in Q137 they allow sides less than 8 inches.

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Originally Posted by THE DYNAMO View Post
you would have to extend the front bumpers across the gap so that the length of each one was greater than 8 inches, but not so much that there was more than 8 inches unsupported.
Unfortunately,
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Originally Posted by R29
BUMPERS must be supported by the structure/frame of the ROBOT (see Figure 4-6). To be considered supported:

A. a minimum of 1 in. at each end of the BUMPER must be backed by the FRAME PERIMETER,
It seems silly that so many robot frame designs are restricted by bumper rules that only indirectly map on to the shape of the frame. It's like giving the altitude of a triangle by giving two sides and the angle between them.