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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe
By your interpretation of the intent of the rules all over the bumper intakes in 2012 and this year would be breaking the intent of the bumper rules because they are increasing the functionality of the robot.
Also, by increasing the structural integrity of the bumpers am I not also increasing the protection that they provide to my robot? Therefor the additions still fall into your definition of the intent of bumpers "the bumpers protect the robot (and other robots, field elements, etc)"
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If the bumpers as built to protect also assist a function, that's certainly OK. If there's a part of the bumper that does not protect or attach, but ONLY serves another function, there are no rules against it, but its use may generate a rule change. It's similar to G11 this year: if you're playing the game and a by-product is a violation of a rule on your opponent's part, foul on him (her); if your action is (judged to have been) performed solely to draw the foul, foul on you.