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Originally Posted by frcguy
Thanks for your reply! I'm sorry to hear about your mentor's passing.
I have another question  . Can you provide details on the actual construction of the bumpers? I'm also interested about how you worked with the lowered portion on the back of the robot. I ask because we have a similar setup on our robot (seen in the lower right here) and are looking to make a set of one piece bumpers for our off-season events but aren't really sure where to start. |
The structure of our bumpers was primarily a 1"x1" Al tube frame that sat on plates bent vertical at the front and back of the robot and 1/2" tube that connected those plates. Onto that 1"x1" frame, we attached the plywood for our bumpers at the vertical positions we desired (elevated at the front, angled down the sides, lowered at the back). Lastly, we added some brackets on the corners to help strengthen the wood. It turns out screwing into the 1"x1" frame was not quite enough for Stronghold. After that, we just wrapped with the noodles and bumper fabric.