Bumper Rules on a U Bot Chassis

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by dradel

I find it hard to understand why teams are having so much problem understanding the bumper rules?

A few reasons.

1. There are twice as many teams this year who have never had to build bumpers. Both 2016 and 2015 rookies have never had to deal with the bumper rules.
2. This is the first season since 2012 that most teams have really needed an opening in the front of their chassis for an intake. In 2013 intakes were rare, in 2014 the ball was so large an opening was irrelevant, and in 2015 there we no bumpers. So we have 4 years worth of teams who have never dealt with the difficulties of having to have 8" of bumpers on each corner of your robot.
3. The bumper rules are not generally intuitive. If you don't give the manual a detailed review and analysis, it is very easy to misunderstand the definition of a Frame Perimeter

With all the questions about bumper openings I've seen on the Q&A, CD, and our team inbox, I worry that we're going to have a lot of teams who are rebuilding bumpers and/or their frame perimeter after their first attempt at passing inspection.