BUMPER PROBLEM!

[GaryVoshol]

You need to have something solid up high enough so you can mount your BUMPERS to it and they will be between 4 and 12 inches from the ground.

You could create a second-layer frame that was higher up so you can mount the BUMPERS to it. Or you could have posts attached upwards from your current frame every so many inches and mount the BUMPERS on the higher posts.

If you decide on a second higher level frame, remember that the FRAME PERIMETER is measured at the outermost parts of your ROBOT in the BUMPER ZONE, that slice of real estate 4 to 12 inches from the ground. Attaching your second frame could make the FRAME PERIMETER get larger - be sure you don't exceed 120" around.

Yes, you'll be able to see some of your original structure below the BUMPERS, but so what? There's also a lot of ROBOT structure above the BUMPERS. The reason for the BUMPER ZONE is so that everyone's BUMPERS are at a similar height, so that ROBOT to ROBOT contact will be via the BUMPERS. (Except for any contact with an appendage; and if that happens, you need to make sure you don't contact the other ROBOT illegally and rack up FOULS and CARDS.)

[chraezyaz]

thank you everyone for your advice! I forwarded this to my team, and they know exactly what to do! thanks!