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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
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2. Bumpers have not been the issue they have been in the past. The bumper committee hopes the new rules have helped with that. However, everyone really likes to see at nice looking robots. Please insure that your bumper covers look nice and don't drag. Strictly interpreted, the cover that hangs down to the floor is out of the bumper zone. I have seen several robots run over the covers while in match play. Please don't be one of them.
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Quick random question about bumpers Al: What's the lightest full set of bumpers you've ever seen? We got inspected at Razorback with a full set of bumpers that weighed in at ~7.5lbs and shocked a great deal of inspectors with bumpers that defied all other bumper physics...our robot has a 108" perimeter, with a, IIRC, 14" gap somewhere and the rest is bumper. The color change for us was one of those nifty |-- shaped fabric covers where you lift it one direction or another for color.
Place a corner of it on the end of a table, clamp down the other side, and have a good whack at it with a hammer (hard). If it didn't break, it was polycarbonate. - vivek16 [more] 
11-04-2013, 22:55
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