pic: Week Three 2009

[Liz Smith]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

There is no real need to go after these people if you look at the pictures on the teams site. It's all valid. So take some time and look at the pictures.

I would take a pause before you declare that "it's all valid".

According to the rule book, <R08-I->, all exterior corners must be protected.

According to this Q&A (part 2):
"2. As indicated in Rule <R08-I>, all exterior corners of the BUMPER PERIMETER must be protected by BUMPERS. Both "sides" of the corner must be protected."
source: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11159

According to this Q&A:

"An "exterior corner" of the ROBOT is one where the BUMPER PERIMETER forms a vertex...."
source: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11270

From those, I have drawn conclusions about the robot frame designs I've been working with. I'm not the ultimate source of what designs are valid/not valid, but be aware that these Q&A responses are there and are very specific.