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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842
This is not necessarily true
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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842
What I should say is that bumpers on a concave angled portion of the robot are not bumpers. Robots with angled front edges.
Bumpers like http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30834 are legal types since the bumper perimeter is along those edges |
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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842
They are bumpers, but they are not BUMPERS. They don't qualify under the <R08> rules, and would not be exempt from weight/size in <R11>.
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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842
It's important to keep in mind the difference between bumpers and BUMPERS. Some bumpers are not BUMPERS. Bumpers that are angled such that if extended infinitely would pass through the robot chassis are not BUMPERS, because they are not affixed to the BUMPER PERIMETER. As such, nothing attached to the angled pieces on Carmen's front can ever be considered a BUMPER, so even though the corners of the frame could be protected on both sides by pool noodles and fabric, they won't be protected by BUMPERS, and thus run afoul of <R08-I>.
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Re: pic: Carmen week1 team 842
I wonder if Inspectors would let this design through due to the potential to damage the field.
With the cantilevered front end, if the robot is struck and the front end dips, the metals will be in direct contact with the flooring, potentially gouging it or catching a seam ... Maybe consider placing plastic carpet skids on the under side ... |
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