[EricH]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't it already allowed to extend the soft parts of the bumpers? See <R08-J> and illustrated in figures 8-2 and 8-4?

And Q&A has clarified that, for the 6"-max robot length requirement, you have to have the backing 6" long, but you can have soft parts extending beyond said length that are part of the bumpers but not counted in the length. http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11316

So you are correct.