[Jim Giacchi]

Common sense applies. The point is to learn and try your robot, so if you don't have bumpers or don't pass other parts of tech inspection, don't worry, but if you have a safety issue or other teams don't want to risk damaging their robot we'll just make sure you don't get near each other or ask you to correct the problem. Odds are we won't get to a true match anyway.
Let me know if that answered your question well enough,
Jim