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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
In general, the bumper rules (and the Q&A clarifications) fall into two categories: those that ensure the bumpers protect the robot (and other robots, field elements, etc), and those that restrict the geometry and composition of the bumper so that it is not used to increase the robot functionality.
And OBTW, I posted this in response to (emphasis mine):
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Why is the presumed intent that bumpers shouldn't increase robot functionality. That's just good planning. Ex: 2014 our intake flat-out didn't work without bumpers. It was planned that way. We also used the bumpers to align the robot to it's shooting spot. In both cases that robot would have worked differently without the bumpers and they enhanced the functionality. Should they have been illegal?