Bumper Designs

[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by Adam.garcia

I may have misspoke. I heard the bumper system that was employed in the 2012 robot (with the extended frame) was a design that they were not going to keep for next year's robot, as there may be other "better" ways of mounting. It does look like a very quick and easy bumper system. I would definitely like to hear from some of the mentors on 254 pitch in to this thread directly.

I have designed the extended frame on solidworks, and from my dimensioning, I do not think that system would work for a robot with 6" (or larger) Wheels or so. I know that, for this coming season, we are going to definitely prototype this system and see how it works for us.

I really like 254's old system of mounting as long as there aren't any special needs(this year's higher bumpers). You can see it here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_WD...hIUExBQmc/edit. Easy to machine. Also, based on the bumper rules, you may be able to run something like 973 did in 2011, which is even lighter and easier to machine.