any other team design bumpers?

[Alex Cormier]

any other teams design and build bumpers before the competiton not during the competition?

[ngreen]

Yeah, we have bumpers. They are already designed and on the robot, and we don't compete until April.

If only we had the weight..........

[Alex Cormier]

if you can also post a picture::

[evulish]

If our box aluminum frame counts as a bumper...then uhh sure...we have one

[Alex Cormier]

a bumper:
a part that you can attach quickly and deattach quickly. not part of your frame.

[Jeff Waegelin]

We've never used bumpers... solid steel or aluminum works good for us...

[Josh Hambright]

we have a 1/8th inch aluminium plate on the back of our robot, it takes bumps pretty well...

and the 4 inch extruded box aluminum that is on the sid eof our bot bumps like no other

[EIROBOTICS86]

we use lexan as a bumper it holds good and if it breaks we duct tape it back together viola instant bumpers

[Josh Hambright]

Duct tape being illegal i cant think that is a good idea.

[Alaina]

Our bumpers are made of this foamy stuff and covered in upholstery. They're held on by velcro straps. They've fallen off during competition once or twice...It's no big deal. They got pretty beat up though. We're gonna have to make new ones.

[EIROBOTICS86]

Originally posted by oneangrydwarf
Duct tape being illegal i cant think that is a good idea.

well technically but if they cant see it its not illegal

[srjjs]

Our lexan is easily detachable, as it is held on only by velcro. However, the rules say that the bumper must be soft enough to punch with your hand.

[EIROBOTICS86]

you can punch lexan it might hurt but you can punch it

[Gadget470]

High Tolerance for pain makes almost anything a bumper. I wonder how they would enforce this rule? I could punch a piece of lexan and be allright me thinks.. Lexan gives a bit more than a wall right?

[EIROBOTICS86]

yeah just a little