30 lbs allowance

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by compwiztobe

They are not included in robot weight, and are an incredibly standard item by definition, let alone a required one. And they are hardly a functional part of a robot.

Ah, but they are. They are simply weighed separately for convenience. Teams who held out their bumpers last year were able to bring them in because of the 65 pound withholding allowance of last year only. This was due to the severe weather most of the country encountered that limited build time. This year we returned to the 30 pounds and that caught many teams who did not ship their bumpers last year.