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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Paul,
Your mechanism will be evaluated as to it's effect on the bumper zone and the max volume. If it exerts enough force with the floor it is likely going to modify at least those two areas of the rules.
Specifically if your mechanism is meant to raise the robot to facilitate climbing, it may be a violation of those rule areas above. Bumper zone is evaluated as if the robot was sitting on a flat floor with the mechanism in use.
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Al, no issues with this so far - if a part pushes down hard enough to have lifted the robot, the bumper zone is measured from that part, as is the allowable volume.
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Paul,
What I meant is this...
If your dustpan hangs two inches below the robot frame when you lift the robot, then that sets your bumper zone and max volume.
If your dustpan does not move when you lift the robot, then it likely will not affect those rules.
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In this case, again, no issue that the dustpan must fit within the max volume. Why would this move the bumper zone?
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Originally Posted by R23
BUMPERS must be located entirely within the BUMPER ZONE, which is the volume contained between the floor and a virtual horizontal plane 7 in. (~17 cm) above the floor in reference to the ROBOT standing normally on a flat floor....
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The BUMPER ZONE definition in the glossary is a subset of this. If the dustpan does not push down hard enough to lift the robot (already established), if it were "standing normally on a flat floor", the virtual floor would still be at the wheels (or other stands which exert enough force to support the robot weight).
I'm not so much trying to get you to change this, as much as to understand how you're interpreting this. We are planning mechanisms below the frame this year, and need to know what to expect.