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Re: Bumper Rule
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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
With a give maximum sized robot of 38" x 28" giving us:
((38*2) + (28*2)) = 132" perimeter
2/3 of 132" = 88"
Technically I guess you can only cover 88" worth of sides if you wanted to.
Some people tend to cover just 3 sides of their robots so using the 2 most basic configurations of robot design...
1) 38+38+28 = 104" (38" Sides & 28" Rear)
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2) 28+28+38 = 64" (28" Sides & 38" Rear)
In configuration 1, you are good.
In configuration 2, you are not.
If you design your robot to be a wide base (example 2), and your widest part of your robot is facing forward, and you leave that unbumpered, I guess you are breaking a rule.
That kinda sucks...
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Hey Elgin, try doing that math again on #2.
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Warning: this reply is just an approximation of what I meant to convey - engineers cannot possibly use just written words to express what they are thinking.
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I guess that some people don't understand that no means no. - Steve W [more] 
11-01-2008, 11:34
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