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Originally Posted by martin417
If any part of the ROBOT is not supported by the tower, it is not a successful challenge.
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I see your point. Another way to look at it is the detached bumper is no longer part of the robot. Otherwise you could also argue for a foul because robots are further away than 15" from your frame perimeter. (Ok that one is a stretch.
) So the robot gets disabled for not having legal bumpers on it. If it is on the batter, then it gets points. If it is pushed over defenses it gets points for that too. Who is right? Only your head referee knows for sure. The best one can hope it they are consistent and transparent in their interpretations.
While a bit of a corner case, I did see a robot driving onto the batter while being disabled for bumpers. They just beat the referee to the button.