Bumpers

[excel2474]

Check out these for a bumper alternative. They're pretty lightweight and they shouldn't interfere with game piece manipulation.

http://www.robopromo.net/product_p/rp_llpb.htm

[cmrnpizzo14]

Originally Posted by excel2474

Check out these for a bumper alternative. They're pretty lightweight and they shouldn't interfere with game piece manipulation.

http://www.robopromo.net/product_p/rp_llpb.htm

I think that something like this would be good to have. The weight of having some sort of foam or other shock absorber around the robot is pretty negligible without the rigid wood framing that were required for bumpers. I think that teams could make some pretty sweet looking, lightweight, vanity bumpers this year. Definitely encouraging my team to try this!

[KMeyers]

I'm pretty sure Gladiator Robotics will end up just taping/strapping pool noodles to the edge of our robot, which would give the same protection as the old bumpers but without the headache of putting on the covers.

[Thad House]

Mentors on my team keep going "Back in my day..." Whenever not having bumpers gets brought up. Teams ran without bumpers for years without them, so anyone with mentors from back then will know how strong you have to build your bot to not have bumpers. Its not too difficult to make your robot strong enough to withstand impacts, especially with WCD style bots.

[Kevin Ray]

I think that there's a real drawback to using the traditional bumpers this year in that they are subject to the size constraint of R3 and weight constraint of R4. Granted, you can just slap them on once on the field to essentially nullify the R3 concern, but the weight can really eat into your weight allowance.