Fasteners extending outside the FRAME PERIMETER

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Steve W

As it says in the explanation, if they push the robot against a wall, only the frame perimeter would touch the wall. If you run your hand down the side of the robot and feel a bump then you violate the rule.
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I am getting old, but I just now really read that bit about the wall. I know I read it 10 times but I didn't READ it.

Suppose I have a cube bot, perfectly flat sides of whatever dimension, is this robot legal (assuming I put bumpers on it at the right height and it is within the size limits, etc...)?

I had assumed yes, but now I think no because the entire robot side will hit the wall.

Wait, no, this doesn't say anything about the bumper zone only hitting the the wall, just the FRAME PERIMETER. But wait didn't the definition of the FRAME PERIMETER include the BUMPER ZONE...

FRAME PERIMETER – the polygon defined by the outer-most set of exterior vertices on the ROBOT (without the BUMPERS attached) that are within the BUMPER ZONE

Yes, it does.... But then, that push against the wall bit was in a blue box so perhaps it doesn't really apply... ...except there is another blue box that says something about No Mushroom bots -- which is crazy because, to me, a short robot with the FRAME PERIMETER extending out beyond the edges of the lower robot is almost exactly what I would think of when you say "Mushroom bot" but it is in a rule saying that this is NOT what you want...

....I am totally confused.

It is late, I will see things clearly in the morning.

Joe J.