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Originally Posted by XaulZan11
Well, part of it is that bumpers protect both teams. In (a practice match) 2007, a team without bumpers drove onto our bumpers and broke our radio. I don't think this would have happend if they had bumpers. This may have been a freak thing, but their lack of bumper hurt our robot. So, you may take responsibility for protecting your robot, but you also have to take responsibility for protection the other teams that did choose to have bumpers (this includes make sure they don't get ripped).
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This was one of the earlier things under the "sharp edges" check
having bumpers shouldn't mean your off the hook for people finding ways around them accidentally.
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Originally Posted by XaulZan11
What are the advantages to not having bumpers?
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alot slimmer profile, much higher ability to build your robot in a unique fashion.
If bumpers became optional chances are you may see 1625 with them, we just like being able to use them flexibly.
Our 2006 had bumpers on the right left and back sides, and none on the front, plus about 6" back on both sides. The ability to do that gave us a Full front pickup that rivaled 111's and they were a wide oriented robot.
In 2009 we immediately went for a wide robot partially due to the 6" minimum mandated on every corner. Going skinny would give us a very very small pickup compared to what we wanted.
If you noticed many many other teams did this and robots slowly began to look more and more similar...
I'm a fan of the 05 and earlier robots, they just look so much more athletic and awesome.