Thread: Team Update #2
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Re: Team Update #2

Figure 8-2 is incorrectly drawn, by my interpretation. It shows the red line as the Bumper Perimeter. Then I assume the brown line outside that would be the plywood part of the bumper. If so, it should not be extended along the sides of the robot frame.

Figure 8-2 is illustrating where wood vs noodles go. If you blow it up to about 400% you can see there may be a tiny bit of space in the lower left corner. The wood cannot wrap around the corner - it cannot extend past the end of the frame. (The wood in the lower right corner is shown correctly.) But the noodles can go around the corners, and 8-2 shows a variety of ways that can be done. In fact, it seems to be saying that the noodles must go around the corner, as the upper right corner is marked "Not OK". Noodles may go around the corner as a mitered corner (lower right), butted up against each other (upper left), or bent and enclosed in one piece of cloth (lower left).

This update does not confirm or refute that each face side of a robot must have a bumper. There was an earlier related posting of a robot with a wide opening, no bumper on that side, and the foam extending beyond the end of the edge to protect the corner. Both of those issues still have to be asked in Q&A.
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