legality of bolt and screw heads breaking plane of chassis meeting bumpers

[Coach Tom]

Judging from the many robot photos already posted, many teams have misinterpreted R16:

" During normal operation no part of the ROBOT shall extend outside the vertical projection of the FRAME PERIMETER, except as permitted by Rule <G30>.
a) Exception: To facilitate a tight, robust connection between the BUMPERS and the FRAME PERIMETER, minor protrusions such as bolt heads, fastener ends, rivets, etc that are excluded from the determination of the FRAME PERIMETER and are within the BUMPER ZONE are permitted."

I am afraid that teams read the "minor protrusions such as bolt heads, fasteners, ..." independent of the BUMPERS -- like last year's rule.

My guess is that 50% of the robots will arrive to week one events out of spec.