[Ianworld]

I think that teams that have some extra bumper materials: plywood, noddles, L angles and cordura, should bring them to the competitions. They're relatively easy to fabricate even at a competition and given the help and support teams give each other should be a feasible mid-competition upgrade. I know my team has done far more radical changes than adding bumpers to our robot at competitions. We are bringing spare bumpers and I suppose we'll see how much abuse they take and if its not a problem could even possibly loan them out. (They should attach to kitbot frames pretty easily.)