[Rick Wagner]

A referee at LA explained it this way to me: if a part falls completely off a robot, there is no penalty. If a part (like a chain) is dragging outside the frame perimiter, penalty. That makes sense to me.

One team (to remain unnamed) had a bumper fall completely off three times in three different matches and got three penalties for it. The rule in this case is that robots must have bumpers all around.