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Re: Are the mandatory bumpers helping or hurting?
I don't think that bumpers should be necessary as long as teams build for some big hits. However, teams are not building for heavy bot to bot interaction. Before anyone complains, I understand that beating on the bots is not in the spirit of FIRST. I am just saying, that whether or not it should happen or not, it is going to happen eventually. If I recall correctly, there was a team that had its arm broke off in practice. The other team did not try to break it off, it just happened. Due to the lack of structural integrity of some bots, I do think that the bumpers are necessary. I would almost be interested in a year where bumpers are not allowed. That will be something to design around. Just my thoughts. But to apply what I said above to this thread. Both. It helps some teams and hurts others. But that is life. When they make a new regulation they help one company and hurt another.
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