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Unread 07-05-2014, 02:39
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Re: Disabling a robot

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
This is not a new thing either

last year in Dallas at elims, we rammed a robot so hard that all 4 of their bumpers fell off in one single impact (it wasn't really that hard, full speed yes, but more due to poor mounting [ie zipties]). The then completely unprotected kitbot continued playing defense for the remainder of the match.

I fail to understand why we "have" to have bumpers on our robot, but apparently we actually don't?
If they had no bumpers, that crash might have broken something. Think like an airbag.