Thread: Bumper Backing
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Re: Bumper Backing

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Originally Posted by mac7attack View Post
In rule <R07> specifies the bumper must be supported by the frame.



We have a preliminary design that puts 4 steel vertical bars on the bumper backing to hold it in between the 8020 frame. Bumper is about 5 inches tall, 8020 frame is about 9 inches between the top and bottom bar.
Would this design satisfy <R07M> or does the back of the bumper have to be directly mounted to the robot frame/8020?

Thanks,
Matt
To satisfy <R07-M> the back of the bumper must be supported along it's entire length. The easiest (and only) way I have seen this done is with a horizontal member.

To use vertical members there would likely have to be a whole lot of them to support the entire length of the bumper.
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