[FTC]: Question regarding materials on our FTC Robot

[MonikkaM]

Hello,

My daughter's FTC team has a manipulator arm for their robot.

They want to put in a "bumper"/"cushion" so that the arm is lowered, it dampens the impact with the robot.

Our first thought was to use a foam (like a pool noodle) similar to the bumpers that are required for FRC and place it on the robot to cushion the arm.

Several of the students (and few adults, myself included) have read the rules and can't figure out if this would be allowed or if using the foam for this purpose is excluded.

It's the holiday and we can't contact the person who has the TIMS information to ask on the main site so we're hoping someone here can give us some help!

Thanks!