Bumpers

[Daniel Bathgate]

Remember that only 2/3eds of your robot needs to have bumpers.

Originally Posted by <R08>

• STANDARD BUMPERS must protect a minimum of 2/3 of the perimeter of the ROBOT within the BUMPER ZONE. Teams are encouraged to maximize the area of their ROBOT protected by bumpers. But up to 1/3 of the perimeter may be unprotected to provide flexibility in design options.

Personally, I like the idea of bumpers. Last year, our robot had bumpers protecting 3 of the sides and the 4th was left open for our ramp. The bumpers seemed to work out very well for us, and in my opinion seem almost necessary so this year's game doesn't turn to carnage.

[Cartwright]

I think that bumpers will definitely be needed a lot during the game. Unless everybody is going to design their chassis based on stress management then, robot chassis will be very beat up by the end of a just a few rounds. With robots trying to race around a track as fast as possible, people are very very likely to bump. I also hope that people have more than one speed because trying to "lightly bump" to move ahead will turn into collisions if everybody is going at top speed.

[JulieB]

Does anyone know if any teams have ever used bumpers on a flat plate drive system? If so how are the bumpers attached.