[PhilBot]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

I would hate to take a direct hit from your lower grippers/feet going maximum speed. All I can think of is major damage.

We understand your concern... We also don't want to hit the wall, or another robot at full speed. The likelyhood for significant damage to our own robot is also high... The legs are deployed for ball pickup only, and good news is that if robot-robot contact happened it would be in the designated bumper zone of the other robot.

Whenever FIRST decided that we needed to pick up a ball that was wider than the robot, I'm hoping that they realized that many teams would adopt a fork-lift style approach.

Perhaps that's the real reason that they made bumpers manditory.
Not looking to circumvent any rules.