Thread: Is it legal??
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Unread 05-04-2010, 13:05
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Re: Is it legal??
Kevin,
Sorry for the misunderstanding. There is no stated tolerance for bumpers not "zero tolerance". As stated in the first paragraph of R07...
The BUMPER location and design have been specified so that ROBOTS will make BUMPER-to-BUMPER contact during most collisions. If implemented as intended, a ROBOT that is pushed against a vertical wall in any NORMAL CONFIGURATION will always have the BUMPER be the first thing to contact the wall.
A team that is required to add 1/4" plywood and has constructed the bumpers as shown in the figures included in R07 (in particular fig 8-3 and 8-4) should have no trouble achieving the statement made in the first paragraph of R07.
The protection of the FRAME PERIMETER does not include hard parts...
A. BUMPERS must provide complete protection of the entire FRAME PERIMETER of the ROBOT (i.e. BUMPERS must wrap entirely around the ROBOT).
Bumper rules are confusing, you heard it here first.
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