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Re: Is this legal (Bumpers)?

Ahh, i understand your concern now. As it turns out, we have a little, but probably not enough, backing to the bumpers outside of the basic kit-bot frame. The wheel mounts, for example, provide some of that support, but only on the lower half - and currently we don't have anything supporting it above the center line.

We are planning on making some "roll bars" to go over the top of the robot, and those could supply some of the structure you indicate. Would you recommend having a horizontal bar along the top/bottom of the bumper for the full length of the bumper, or would some vertical supports (spaced maybe a foot apart, used as part of the roll bars and thus reinforced to take the impacts) be sufficient?

I don't think anyone on our team has considered these types of off-centered impacts, thanks for bringing it up.

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