pic: Is this corner considered protected?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Scott Hill

EricH,

Thanks for your comments.

Question: If the plural is required as you say and "protected by a bumper segment" would not be legal, as you suggest, is a robot side legally protected if it is covered completely by only one bumper segment?

I think it would be.

We aren't considering sides, are we? We are considering corners, which are a junction of two sides.

I also don't see how you can consider the first of the two statements as you list them as a subcase of the second. I have never seen the GDC say the first, and I have quite often seen them specifically say the second.

Scott

On this, I have reviewed. If the corners must be protected on by six inches of bumpers on both sides, then by definition, both sides are protected. So the second is a subcase of the first, but may also stand alone. I stand corrected.

However, I now have some more things to consider. Several teams have recently asked, "will bending 1 6+" bumper segment around a corner be legal if we don't have backing in the corner and we have less than 6" on one side?" or something to that effect. The GDC has answered no to all cases like this. But if you had a 13" piece of bumper, broken into 2 6" segments and a filled, I'm pretty sure that would be legal. Just some food for thought.