If I understand your question correctly, you have some sort of device that goes between your bumper and the rest of the robot. You could connect and disconnect only the bumpers themselves from this device, and leave it permanantly attached to the frame. But for simplicity, you have constructed two of these devices and would leave the two colors of bumper sets connected to their respective devices.
I would think this falls under <R13>:
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<R13> When determining weight, the basic ROBOT structure and all elements of all additional mechanisms that might be used in different configurations of the ROBOT shall be weighed together. Included in the weight limit are the robot control system, decorations, and all other attached parts.
Example: A team has decided to design their ROBOT such that, before any given MATCH, they may change the configuration of the ROBOT based on perceived strengths or weaknesses of an opponent. The team accomplished this by constructing a basic drive train platform plus two versions of a GAME PIECE manipulator, each manipulator being a quick attach / detach device such that either one or the other (but not both) may be part of the ROBOT at the beginning of a MATCH. Their ROBOT platform weighs 107 lb, version A of the manipulator weighs 6 lb, and version B weighs 8 lb. Although only one version will be on the ROBOT during a MATCH, both manipulators (and all components of the manipulators that would be used during the MATCH) must be on the scale along with the ROBOT platform during weigh in. This would result in a rejection of the ROBOT because its total weight comes to 121 lb.
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It sounds like your devices are two separate pieces, only one of which can be installed on your robot at any given time (like the two separate manipulators in the rule example). You would count the weight of both pieces in your total robot weight.