Greatest Robot Bumpers?

[Torrance]

Originally Posted by Ernst

Those are overwhelmingly crispy.

Did 254 and 1114 use sailcloth this year? We used the Andymark slick bumper material. It's garbage. It's about the same quality as those $1 disposable tableclothes, and I think that by the end of the year we had more duct tape than bumper fabric.

254 used sailcloth again like in 2014. We made a pair for our 2 regionals then made a fresh pair for champs since the originals got so beaten up.

[engunneer]

Team 23's bumpers in 2012 were made out of classic car seat upholstery, done by a professional car restorer as a donation to the team, IIRC.

[evanperryg]

Originally Posted by Ernst

Those are overwhelmingly crispy.

Did 254 and 1114 use sailcloth this year? We used the Andymark slick bumper material. It's garbage. It's about the same quality as those $1 disposable tableclothes, and I think that by the end of the year we had more duct tape than bumper fabric.

At first, I thought the picture in 1114's reveal was a render, it's all too crispy to be real. I'll second the comment about AM slick fabric. We didn't have too many tears, but having any tears at all was new for us. It was so thin that it was basically impossible to stretch it so that there weren't little creases all over the place. On top of that, it was ever so slightly translucent, so you could see where on the ends of the bumpers the fabric was folded in. They weren't terrible, but there's absolutely no chance that you could ever make it look as nice as some of the bumpers shown here.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by Hallry

118's gold-on-white bumpers.

The stitch work on their bumpers is really impressive !

[TravusCubington]

#bestcoastproduce

[joeweber]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=145290

Normal bumpers but we loved our bumper handles for 2016 season. they made it so easy to move our robot on and off the field. Inspectors loved them.

[Munchskull]

You can tell a robots quality based on the bumpers.

[ratdude747]

In 2008 Wild Stang had some slick looking tie-die bumpers:



That said, I concur with others that 118's vanity bumpers are the best I've seen.

[Jcarbon]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

You can tell a robots quality based on the bumpers.

We actually tested this idea at our first district this year. We rated all the bumpers when we pit scouted, then later compared the data to our pick list. To our surprise, there was hardly any correlation at all. So you can't judge a robot by its bumpers after all...

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Jcarbon

We actually tested this idea at our first district this year. We rated all the bumpers when we pit scouted, then later compared the data to our pick list. To our surprise, there was hardly any correlation at all. So you can't judge a robot by its bumpers after all...

to me, bumper quality shows that a team cares about its robot - it's the same way that a man in a good suit presents better than a guy in ratty jeans and a T-shirt at an interview. There's a higher chance that their work will be reliable and of quality, even if they perform at a lower level

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

to me, bumper quality shows that a team cares about its robot - it's the same way that a man in a good suit presents better than a guy in ratty jeans and a T-shirt at an interview. There's a higher chance that their work will be reliable and of quality, even if they perform at a lower level

Or that they spent too much time on aesthetics and not enough time iterating a design.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Or that they spent too much time on aesthetics and not enough time iterating a design.

True

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Gregor

True

Good example!

[Pauline Tasci]

Code Orange used sailcloth for the first time this year, we think it gave us a great advantage to scoot around other teams.
Our only problem is one that Torrance had mentioned previously, that the bumpers did get rather beat up after continuous use throughout competition season.
Well worth it in the end though and an easy cloth to find at any sports store.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Good example!

I genuinely hope this is sarcasm.