Thread: Bumper Height?
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Re: Bumper Height?

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Originally Posted by AustinDpOwers89 View Post
what i was just thinking tho is that the bumper zone is 1 to 7 inches off the floor... and the bumpers are required to be at least 6 inches long... does this mean we could vertically mount bumpers, say on the front of our robot?
Nice thinking, but <R08> B reads: "BUMPERS must use a stacked pair of 2-1/2 inch “pool noodles” as the bumper material."

If those pool noodles aren't stacked, you are in violation.
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