Bumpers

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Hellfeier675

We just looked up the past rules and they are written exactly the same.

Sorry, but the rules this year are different in some areas from all previous years. You may not have gaps in the bumper coverage. The Figures 4-2 & 4-3 in R07 are very clear. If you are competing this weekend, I would hope you are working on an alternate plan for your robot design and function. There is one thing that is similar to past years and that is your robot bumper design must satisfy all of R07, not some of the paragraphs.

A. BUMPERS must provide complete protection of the entire FRAME PERIMETER of the
ROBOT (i.e. BUMPERS must wrap entirely around the ROBOT). As part of the 100%
coverage, BUMPERS must protect all exterior corners of the FRAME PERIMETER. For
adequate protection, a full segment of BUMPER must be placed on each side of the corner
(see Figure 3-2).