[BillCloyes]

It seems to me that for teams with a limited design/machine capability, will just abandon bumbers that interfere with them climbing the platform ramp.

The use of basic Kit chassis/DT (depending on wheel size selection or addition of a special mechanism) almost rules out the use of bumbers in the front and rear (relative to robot movement) in order to hav any real chance of climbing the ramp.

I believe this will result in the overall bumber allowance being both less used and less useful than FIRST hopes.

Teams won't use front/rear bumbers if it impeides their robot on the ramp.

Sadly, it is those specific front/rear sides that will be used when their robot "contacts" other robots.

IMHO, I feel that FIRST should permit an exception to <R35> during the climbing of the platform (similar to <R13> beign the exception to <R8>). That being said, this would be at teams own risk, at the platforms will be a likely location of "contact"

-Bill