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Re: Team Update #2

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
This finally does state the fact that we need bumpers on all sides of the robot.

"2. As indicated in Rule <R08-I>, all exterior corners of the BUMPER PERIMETER must be protected by BUMPERS. Both "sides" of the corner must be protected."
I believe that was a direct response to the angled configuration that was posted by that person as an example.

Which makes complete sense, because common sense tells you that if you do build a robot that wants to hug the goal, you can only touch the goal with bumper on bumper contact, so the face of your bot that will touch the goal will need a bumper.
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