24-01-2013, 07:39
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 864
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Re: Bumper Design
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
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(The rule refers to "any fasteners and/or structures that attach [bumpers] to the ROBOT".) The rules are ambiguous on this point, but I'd tend to give a team the benefit of the doubt if they interpreted the rule in either of the first two ways.
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The current rules call for "a rigid fastening system to form a tight, robust connection to the main structure/frame [of the robot]". Many sets of hinges could satisfy this, installed correctly. It doesn't have to be a specific type of mounting hardware anymore (threaded fasteners were once specified).
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That's just it. Since they attach bumpers to other bumpers, it could be argued that they are not "fasteners and/or structures that attach [bumpers] to the ROBOT"
I like them for keeping the bumpers together in more complicated bumper setups. I haven't used them as such since 2008, though.
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