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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
I'm familiar with the instances you're talking about, hopefully they would consider bumpers easy enough to add that they won't go back on this rule. Ideally, they'd let teams slide on bumper mounting (maybe not exactly on bumper perimeter, not supported along the whole length, etc..) rather than just let teams go without bumpers on all sides.
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This is true. Unlike some previous years where bumpers were optional, so if you had a problem with them you could just take them off if they didn't comply, I hope by the end of week 6 that
EVERYONE is on the same page of what is allowed & what is not regarding bumpers.
(I saw one team show up with duct tape over pipe insulation wrap on the side of their bot one year thinking that would pass as a bumper. It didn't, so they just took them off.)
The only reason I say this, is that a bumper is probably not the easiest thing to fabricate for teams with bad ones at a regional event. (Relatively speaking I guess. It's easier to make a set of bumpers than re-design a whole drivetrain, but you know what I mean...
When in doubt, bring two (or more) pre-made configurations of your proposed bumper designs for your specific robot, & ask the inspectors which one is legal at your first competition if you have any questions.
It will HAVE to be goverened on a case by case basis in that regard ONLY at the events in my opinion, unless the GDC starts taking submissions of pictures of every team's bumper designs & approving them on a case by case basis now (before shipping).
I don't want to see the GDC have to nit-pick now & do that, as they have already spent enough time on this issue as it is.