[FRC Blog] Veteran Team Drive Base Option and Registration Progress

[Cothron Theiss]

Originally Posted by Harrison.Smith

"It’s similar to the AM14U3 from 2016, but will not include the bumper mounting kit."

I sure hope this doesn't mean that bumpers may be optional next year.

Good guy Frank already confirmed we would have bumpers for 2017. Probably just a change in the COTS mounting kit. Hopefully FIRST changes how the bumper rules are explained as well.

Originally Posted by bobbysq

This is really interesting. Does this mean it'll have some form of manipulator/launcher attached already?

Highly doubt it. Most games have many objectives that could be completed with just a chassis. Stronghold was a perfect example of that.