[EricH]

Originally Posted by EDesbiens

I meant that if bumpers are not required, it's because there will be no contacts... I want contacts and I would prefer metal to metal hits... It's sad that we can't even ram from too far anymore...

I don't think so. I suspect that there will be a thorough retooling of the bumper rules, and that the required bumpers (or at least the amount of required bumpers) will be looked at very carefully...


...Because bumper construction is one of the best indicators of quality out there! And there are a lot of teams out there who can barely make a bumper that is legal as it is, let alone a solidly-constructed, high-quality bumper. OTOH, the teams that take the time to make the bumpers right generally have high-quality robots as well.