pic: Does this meet bumper rules

[rich2202]

One of the benefit of the Bumpers is that they protect your robot. If you want to design a crumple zone, that is your call. But, that will require you to be able to repair the robot quickly between matches (from COTS parts if you don't want them to count against your Hold Back). Also, in the process of crumpling, it could damage other stuff in your robot.

Also, consider R2 where:

R2 The ROBOT must have a FRAME PERIMETER, contained within the BUMPER ZONE, that is comprised of fixed, non-articulated structural elements of the ROBOT.

and R23:

R23 BUMPERS must not be articulated (relative to the FRAME PERIMETER).

You might want to think about whether the design would have your Bumpers be "fixed" to the Frame Perimeter in normal game play.

In other words: The crumpling of the Frame is not against the rules. However, the crumpling of the Frame does not cause a change in the Frame Perimeter. If the Frame crumples, and an attached Bumper moves with it, then the Bumper has moved with respect to the Frame Perimeter, and could be a violation of R23.