Fitting in the batter to scale?

[RoboChair]

You are correct in assuming that fitting 3 robots with bumpers on the batter and scaling is a spacing problem. The tower faces are only about 28" wide and you are required to have about 6-7 inches of bumper width outside your robot frame. This means that if you wanted to fit within the 28" size of the tower face you can only make your robot about 21" wide plus 7" of bumper. You can however scale the tower to a higher level then what the rules require in order to clear the low goal even more, giving your alliance members more room to scale. Or you could push yourself away from the wall to accomplish the same effect.