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Plaid Pillagers ask:
Is it legal to have our bumpers able to slide up/down to take them off/put them on using a key hole shaped sliding mechanism? |
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Re: Bumpers
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The other thing is, it would be really easy to make you not in compliance with the bumper rule during a match. And I mean really easy (for any arm robot, and quite a few shooters as well). Maybe if you had a lock, but you'd probably extend outside the box. That isn't good either. |
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Re: Bumpers
I believe the answer is YES, provided that ALL of the mounting brackets & associated hardware are weighed with the ROBOT and not with the bumpers.
As long as the mounting mechanism is deemed "robust", you should be fine. The key is that the bumper weight is just for the bumpers. Everything else is considered part of the robot and must be included in the robot weight. |
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Re: Bumpers
Would the mounting brackets and hardware then be counted in the overall volume of the robot as well?
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Yes.
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And it worked out extremely well for us in our practice matches. |
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