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Re: Curved Bumpers

Well, they do have very specific instructions in the rules on how exactly to make the bumpers and cutting slots in the wood is not in the "instructions." The minimum length of each bumper piece is 6", so you could make several 6" sections and then just mount them in a curved pattern.

You'd also have to make sure that the maximum dimensions of the robot with bumpers was the robot dimensions + 3 1/2" on each side. So your frame itself would have to be a few inches smaller than max dimensions to accomodate this.
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