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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
While your interpretation sounds entirely reasonable, it can't be. That's not how BUMPER PERIMETER is defined:Carmen's front corners with the acute frame angles are outermost vertices, and so by definition are on the BUMPER PERIMETER.

An entirely reasonable interpretation, in my estimation, would be to allow 842 to mount non-standard bumpers on the angled pieces such that with the standard BUMPERS on the side the corners are fully protected. The angled pieces would have to count in the robot size and weight. Whether that reasonable (IMO) interpretation will pass, well I guess it's up to them to gamble or not.

And the GDC is fond of saying, "We do not comment on particular robot designs. Here's the rule."
<R08> mentions outermost exterior vertices. The term exterior is never defined, and I always defined it in my head as " both 'sides' of the corner are on the BUMPER PERIMETER."

However, reading the rules and looking at Carl Hayden's robot, I see where my definition falls apart. If their bumpers on the front corner are not exterior vertices, then they have no BUMPER PERIMETER. Yup, I was wrong.
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