Irregular Bumper Designs

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Given the strict bumper constraint this year, I have thought of an idea of designing an irregular, trapezoidal-esque bumper design to take on these constraints.

The constraints this year enforce that zero significant bumper gaps are permitted to make note collection more challenging. The significant restraints I could find are:

  • The bumper material height must be in between 4.5-5.5 inches
  • The bumpers must be inside the bumper zone, which is a horizontal plane from the ground to 7.5 inches off the ground.

after doing some quick math I have realized that as long as the total height of the bumper is less than or equal to 5.5 inches, the bumpers can have an irregular shape with a height change of max 1 inch.

Is anything in the rule book contradicting my thinking that vertically sloped or segmented bumpers are legal?

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Here is some drawings I sketched up quickly.

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Thats fine, several robots have had these sorts of bumpers, although rarely in this configuration:

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Take a look at the last line of the rule, right before the blue box.

Short version: Keep it in the zone, and what you do with it is up to you.

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