Blocking your own trailer

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Team 2811

...if you had no bumper on the back then there would be no backside barrier for the limit in terms of the rule that you cant extend past the bumper zone. If there is no bumper zone in the rear then you can extend out over the trailer.
Think about that

I think you misunderstand the meaning of BUMPER ZONE. It refers to the entire region of the arena from 1" to 7" above the floor. Wherever your robot is, a slice of it exists within the BUMPER ZONE.

The BUMPER PERIMITER is closer to what you're talking about. However, it completely surrounds a robot at the BUMPER ZONE height, and no part of the robot may extend beyond it (with exceptions for the trailer hitch and the bumpers themselves, of course).