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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
a 130 lb robot going 10 mph has a LOT of kinetic energy*. That energy has to be absorbed by something, if not the bumpers, then the functional parts of your robot.
*edit: if I did the math correctly, it has the same momentum as a 5 pound sledge hammer travelling at 50mph!
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If it's a frame on frame hit, a majority of that force is absorbed into the frame itself, which a majority of frames can take (the kitbot one can, and there is no doubt about welded frames like 116's). Besides, from my time both on pit and flight, 116's robot has both dished out and received some hard tips, and hits, and rarely did we suffer damage from the hits, but the tips often caused significant damage.