On page 59 Figure 4-3 is Showing Figure C (Bottom Left) it is showing that “Not a Bumper” and “Not Ok” are not correct… So for “Not Ok” is showing that you do not need to have the bumper that long, Then for “Not a Bumper” you do not need to have the Bumper in the inside of the robot.
Am I understanding this correctly?
I do understand that you will need to cover all of the corners of the frame. Also I remember that other years they had bumpers but I do not know what the rules were for that.
Not a Bumper: There is nothing saying that you can’t have a structure in there that is built like a Bumper. However, you cannot count it as a Bumper. It won’t count towards the 8". The reason is that it’s not on the Frame Perimeter.
Not OK (bottom): There isn’t a bumper there, and there needs to be 8" of bumper because it’s next to a corner of the Frame Perimeter.
Not OK (right): It’s “Not OK” because the bumper is too short (< 8"), and the frame it’s mounted to is too short for a full bumper, but the Frame Perimeter is clearly longer than 8".
Bear in mind I’m looking at the most recent version of that image, which was in today’s Team Update.
That looks like the right image. So the “Not OK” flags are for no bumper where there should be one and a bumper that is too short (and on a frame section that is too short to support a full 8"+ bumper).