True FIRST Alliance Revealed at Regional

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Originally Posted by Darin Gee

These are the Actual and Legal bumpers for the Robot. We developed the bumper boards using three 1/4" Plywood boards that were molded over a 1/4 size circular template and vacuum packed overnight while the epoxy dried.

Our Wizard seamstress taught and had our students sew the flip change bumper covers for each section.

Then we assemble and mount the bumpers so that the robot can be carried by the Bumpers at any time. Infact the way they are mounted, the bumpers could be our attachment points for the belaying device if needed, but we did install 2 eyebolts just incase someone is unsure about our structural decision.

I know these are legal and well constructed bumpers, it was just a joke. I should have included a smiley. And the GDC does frown on teams trying to get around the intent of a rule using a technicality so I am not surprised that they ruled as they did. Still it would have been nice to have white bumpers if only for the photo.