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Originally Posted by Killraine
What defines the length of the bumper? My team was thinking about angling the bumpers near our "mouth" for taking in balls to give us a larger opening. does the section that is angled not count toward the bumper length/covered length? Also, imagine the two 6 inch bumpers at a 90 degree corner. If we beveled the bumpers to have them join (shown in the rule book) where is the 6 inches measured from?
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Wouldn't rule <R08> section O (figure 8 - 4) prevent you from extending the bumper past the edge of the robot and "connect" in any way?
Edited: Actually, you are talking about beveling the noodles, not the backing, meaning that if the 6 inches is applied to the pool noodle you could technically have up to 3.5" of noodle overhanging (per section N), with 2.5" of backing attached to the robot if the 6 inch minimum isn't applied to the backing.
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(Update 2 seems to indicate that the 6 inch minimum is applied to the "hard" part of the bumpers (hence the 26" maximum opening after bumpers.)