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09-01-2012, 13:24

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Re: 2012 Bumper rule gray area

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Originally Posted by Japper

To me this reads like it is only covering the side perimeter of the robot and not the bottom as I am trying to see if we can incorporate an extra set of wheels on a swing arm under the robot to allow us to lift our (2" from the floor) bumpers over that metal curb in the middle of the field.

Any thoughts on that?

How the bumper zone is calculated with a swing arm changing the height from the floor sounds like a question to submit to the GDC.

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