pic: Bumper idea - legal?

[RMS11]

I would love to see some pics if any team has them!

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by RMS11

I would love to see some pics if any team has them!

Here is Rolling Thunder's Thunderfoot with the red-side fabric on the outside: 1511 Red Bumper,

and with the blue-side out: 1511 Blue Bumper.

You could tell the double sided bumpers by the tell-tale horizontal seam along the centerline of the bumpers.

(Can you tell what pose is my favorite for our robot? )

[RMiller]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Here is Rolling Thunder's Thunderfoot with the red-side fabric on the outside: 1511 Red Bumper,

and with the blue-side out: 1511 Blue Bumper.

You could tell the double sided bumpers by the tell-tale horizontal seam along the centerline of the bumpers.

(Can you tell what pose is my favorite for our robot? )

Those look really good!

[bscharles]

Ya our team did the same team. I think that the bumper covers were too loose looking

[kgzak]

Our team did the same thing. It was so easy to switch between bumpers. We went out to get on the field after we were working on the robot. Our bumpers were the wrong color and a volunteer said, "You guys have the wrong bumpers on! You need to change them!" We switched colors before she could finish her sentence.

[Peter Matteson]

You can see our version of these bumpers here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/35596

We never had any problems with them and the field crew loved the fact we made them for them.

One set was far simpler than making two.

Thanks again for the idea.

Pete

[ratdude747]

1747 used that bumper design. when our robot is back, i can get pics of it.

[BEEKMAN]

Originally Posted by kgzak

Our team did the same thing. It was so easy to switch between bumpers. We went out to get on the field after we were working on the robot. Our bumpers were the wrong color and a volunteer said, "You guys have the wrong bumpers on! You need to change them!" We switched colors before she could finish her sentence.

Same with us...at one of our inspections this was the flow of our bumper checking:

1) we show up with bumpers set for blue
2) he tells us to put the red bumpers on the scale
3) we explain that they are the same bumpers, just flipped differently
4) we put our bumpers (still in blue mode) on the scale
5) he tells us he wanteds to weigh the red ones, not the blue ones
6) we have to change them to red to get weighed
7) we take bumpers off
8) he tells us we need to now weigh the blue bumpers......
9) as we swich them over, he still doesnt understand that they are the same bumpers......

[angelawence11]

wow! very creative and innovative!!!!!!!! I dont know for sure that it's legal, but it should be. I mean, its 1 piece (assuming your heavy duty stitching holds up) it seems less likely to "have an incident" than the current bumper covers do. I've seen a couple matches where robots bumper covers fall off... if made correctly this would help prevent that! great idea.

[Aren_Hill]

Used it and loved it, didnt look quite as good as individual sets but we're lazy....

thanks for the idea

[O'Sancheski]

Originally Posted by JesseK

For the teams that tried this idea -- did the bumpers pass inspection and how well did they work?

yeah... they passed inspection... the inspectors asked, lets see the red bumpers... so we quickly rushed to flip to the red bumpers... they thought it was the coolest thing ever... they by far are the coolest bumper's we have ever had

Sweet! I've gotta show my team this! We spent six hours making our bumpers, and this would cut that down to about two.


Thaine

[Enigma's puzzle]

If i could upload a picture i would, maybe i will have to upload one CD media. They were really quite slick, excellent idea.

[brrian27]

Our team tried out the reversible bumper last year, and it's a good concept but be very careful! When the bumpers were on one color, small fringes of the other color would show, especially on the ends and sides. Our inspector let it slide, but said if we were to go to Nationals, that wouldn't be legal. So with a project like that, make it perfect

[karomata]

I know that 1511 did that in 2010, and I have seen it on a few other robots too. It's a really cool idea, although I'm not sure if it is legal with this year's set of bumper rules.