pic: Light Up Bumpers

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

The construction rules for bumpers are pretty specific. You can have solid pool noodles but you can't put something into the hollow pool noodles.

I figured it was something along those lines.

if you could get this to light up red and blue, with red and blue transparent bumpers, this would be the coolest thing

[Foster]

I'm with Al, follow the rules. But the rules don't say that you can't have a third pair. With a quick change you can rock those LED bumpers everywhere else!!

Nice design an implementation

[yash101]

Programmatically change bumper colors . Maybe even use this to trick other robots

[MrBydlon]

Thanks for all the comments everyone!

We did make actual bumpers with the correct pool noodle lengths and no wires in them.

We will use the light up bumpers for demonstrations and stuff like that.

Maybe in the future, LED bumpers will be allowed? We hope so.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

The construction rules for bumpers are pretty specific. You can have solid pool noodles but you can't put something into the hollow pool noodles.

What if they didn't put anything into the pool noodles?

[mc153]

Very nice. I wish we had thought of that. Sure to be popular at any competition.

[Whippet]

Would LEDs used as part of the attachment system be legal?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

What if they didn't put anything into the pool noodles?

That's what I was wondering--they did say that they purchased them with the LEDs inside.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by EricH

That's what I was wondering--they did say that they purchased them with the LEDs inside.

This sounds an awful lot like a Q&A question...