pic: Robot Bumpers

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

this debate effects other robot orientations than just the one being shown, so it should kinda be resolved before the regionals begin, so dont let the thread die please. This also is not talking specifically about the robot mentioned in the other thread.

Hopefully, there are NO teams that are allowing this discussion to influence the design of their robots. If any team still has serious questions about how the rules are interpreted and/or applied, they should be going to the official FRC Q&A forums to get those questions answered. To remind everyone once again, NONE of the discussions here - no matter who the source may be - are official answers. Nothing said here will carry any weight with the inspectors or competition officials. "I got the answer on CD" does not work when trying to explain why your 167 pound robot should be allowed to compete (yes, this has happened ).

Related to that, the various responses in the Q&A forums have made it pretty clear that reviews of specific designs will not be provided. But you can expect direct questions about how a rule will be applied to be answered. So when posing your question, instead of asking "here is a picture of my design - tell me if my corner bumpers are legal," you might ask "Given rule <R08-A> and <R08-I>, does this mean that a bumper segment of at least six inches in length is required on each side of an exterior corner of the robot?" I am pretty sure that the second form of the question will be answered (actually, I am pretty sure that it has already been answered multiple times, but some here obviously remain unconvinced).

-dave


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[Madison]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Related to that, the various responses in the Q&A forums have made it pretty clear that reviews of specific designs will not be provided. But you can expect direct questions about how a rule will be applied to be answered. So when posing your question, instead of asking "here is a picture of my design - tell me if my corner bumpers are legal," you might ask "Given rule <R08-A> and <R08-I>, does this mean that a bumper segment of at least six inches in length is required on each side of an exterior corner of the robot?" I am pretty sure that the second form of the question will be answered (actually, I am pretty sure that it has already been answered multiple times, but some here obviously remain unconvinced).

-dave


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Perhaps we might ask instead if "a bumper segment of at least six inches in length is required on each side of EVERY exterior corner of the robot?"

An answer to that ought to quickly affirm whether or not the bumper arrangement surrounding A and B is legal. Or, maybe not.