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Re: The age old question - bumper mounting
We usually have had a C-Channel chassis so we mount vertical 80/20 channel pieces periodically around the perimeter. These pieces are only several inches high and have a thumb screw with the part you would grasp facing the inside of the robot. The bumpers have 14-20 buttonhead bolts screwed into them that stick out just enough to drop them into the 80/20 sections. Usually works pretty well, sometimes we have to use a hammer to give the bumper a little motivation.
As for our actual bumpers, we usually make 2 sets of 2 bumpers. Usually right/left or front/back depending on our robot dimensions or if we have to have a gap in our bumpers that year.
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