Bumper Covers

[Carter12s]

Recently our team recieved and e-mail about the top five reasons that a team will fail inspection. This e-mail seemed to imply that a team was required to provided bumpers of both colors. Our team was under the impression that bumpers should be made one color and that at the regional competition skirts would be provided to change the color? Can someone confirm this one way or the other?

[sanddrag]

You are required to have both colors for yourself. They are not provided.

[Michael Ogden]

You have two options:
1. Make two sets of bumpers, one blue and one red, and switch them around as necessary.
2. Make a cloth covering to place over the bumper to indicate alliance color.

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by Michael Ogden

You have two options:
1. Make two sets of bumpers, one blue and one red, and switch them around as necessary.
2. Make a cloth covering to place over the bumper to indicate alliance color.

2a. make bumpers covered in one color
2b. make covers in the other color for all bumpers in 2a.

[EricH]

3) Make a covering similar to the one shown here.

[Jon Stratis]

Since no one else has posted it yet...

<R12>The color of the BUMPERS will be used to identify the ALLIANCE to which the ROBOT has been assigned, red or blue. Therefore, each ROBOT must be able to display red BUMPERS and blue BUMPERS This may be done via either of two acceptable methods:
A. Each ROBOT may be built with two complete sets of interchangeable BUMPERS, one red and one blue. If this method is chosen, the BUMPERS must be identical except for the color of the covering fabric (see Rule <R07-F>).
B. Alternately, the ROBOT may use changeable BUMPER covers. The BUMPER covers
− may be removable, reversible, or fixed
− must completely enclose the BUMPERS
− must show only a single color such that when the BUMPER covers are in use, only fabric of the assigned ALLIANCE color may be visible.
− must be constructed solely of fabric and a fastening/restraining system to hold the cover in place. The fastening/restraining system must extend no further than one inch beyond the FRAME PERIMETER (i.e. no further than any other hard parts of the BUMPER - see Rule <R07-N>). Please note that the fastening/restraining system MUST be designed with robust performance in mind. The restraints must hold the removable cover in place during vigorous interactions with other ROBOTS and FIELD elements during the MATCH without allowing the cover to come off.

That's the rule that states what is and is not acceptable in terms of switching your robot colors. You can build two sets of bumpers or build one set and use bumper covers.

If you find you have trouble implementing either a skirt or a second set of bumpers (given how late in the season it is), you can order them from AndyMark: http://www.andymark.biz/am-0587.html (link is for the red version, the blue version is linked from that page)