There are some subtle changes you made to the actual wording in the update of the manual that WILDLY change the meaning of the text you quoted.
The exact wording is as follows.
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The ROBOT must be an electromechanical assembly built by the FIRST Robotics Competition Team to perform specific tasks when competing in FIRST STRONGHOLD. The ROBOT must include all of the basic systems required to be an active participant in the game - power, communications, control, BUMPERS, and movement.
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It is absolutely clear that your ROBOT is your Team's mechanical solution to this year's game. Your ROBOT must include all the systems listed to compete; power, comms, control,
BUMPERS, and the ability to move. If you have not included all of the following on your ROBOT then it is not fit to compete.
Further if you read R2 and the Blue Box it has details that you exclude the BUMPERS from the definition of your FRAME PERIMETER.