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Re: Brainstorm: Improving the FRC bumper rules
Bumper zones signify contact zones. To me, it seems logical to force contact within the same zone on every robot so as to prevent teams from making contact zones as low as possible and thus tipping other robots.
There's also some math Dave did a while back, and the result is that a ~10fps 150lb robot can exert 10,000 psi of force onto an external object if the contact area is small enough. Thus, in the interest of keeping the fields and field components in tip top shape, bumpers are very necessary.
So Aren, I do trust you to keep your own robot in good health. Yet that doesn't mean your drivers will make decisions that are in the interest of all parties involved. (And by "your" I mean the overall FRC community of teams, not 1625.)
All I hope for moving forward is that we keep the bumpers. It keeps our robot prettier for the offseason.
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Last edited by JesseK : 22-04-2010 at 08:53.
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