Reusing Bumpers. Legal?

[bEdhEd]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

it was not even on our radar because we have developed a distinctive frame perimeter dimension each year, making old bumpers unusable.

This is interesting, and exact reason I've never thought of reusing bumpers. The frame changes every year for us, so it's been off our radar as well.

If you acquire enough bumpers, you could reuse them in the form of a bumper chair.

[Jon Stratis]

We're planning for the future this year - we're getting high quality reversible bumpers made for the corners that we can reuse in future years. Yes, robot designs will be different, but almost every robot is a rectangle, so we hope to just need to cover the 4 corners with 8" every time. Our attachments will differ each year, so we'll need to take apart and reassemble, but if we're careful we can reuse the fabric and noodles, just replacing the plywood and mounts.