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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
Soohan,
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One last thing: the plywood part of the bumper needs to be at least 8".
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Just to be exceedingly specific:
The plywood part needs to be at least 8 inches from the corner of the FRAME PERIMETER. As an inspector, I have often come across robots with 8 inches of plywood, but 3/4" overlapping in one corner. This overlap causing one side to be only 7 1/4" and thus illegal.
There may be some methods that will likely be less painful for your redesign should you be interested in entertaining them. If you have some extra inches of frame perimeter, there are some methods you can do to reduce the impact on your intake.
For the record, I am not sure who it is in the picture, but I am very familiar with that look. It is the "Now what do we do" look which often occurs when things get real in week 5.
The great news for you is.... Its week 5, you still have a good chunk of time to deal with this issue and make corrections. As an LRI, I have seen this bad of an issue hours before competition was to start, and the team came through and still had a good weekend. Take a deep breath, a hard gulp, and start the work to fix it. Spend 30 minutes and brainstorm all the ways you can "correct" it, and discuss the pros and cons of each, pick a direction and get to it.