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Re: Al's 2016 Inspection Thread

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
I disagree the minimum side is 16". I propose that a side that is 8" long, completely protected by bumpers has bumpers 8" from each vertex. The minimum side is essentially 8" not 16". Of course the other side of each of those vertexes also need at minimum 8" of bumper.

The completely covered wording was intended to address the "infinite vertexes" case of a circular robot.
It also covers cases where a robots side is less than 8". I've seen teams cut the corners off their ROBOT to help with frame perimeter issues, leaving a side of 1-3". Fully cover that side, plus 8" on the other sides of each of those corners along the longer sides.
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