Bumper Coverage

[FRC973]

Rule R08 states

" If
implemented as intended, a ROBOT that is driven into a vertical wall in any normal
PLAYING CONFIGURATION will always have the BUMPER be the first thing to contact the
wall. "

A simple rectangular frame, the kitbot for example, with bumpers on all but one side, with the soft part of the bumpers adjacent to the side with no bumper extending the legal 3.5" past the bumper perimeter of the side with no bumper, meets all the stipulations in R08.

Is this a legal configuration?

[GDC]

Not quite. Both "sides" of the exterior corner must be protected by the BUMPERS. This would cause at least part of the fourth side of the ROBOT to have BUMPERS in place. Please see Team Update #2 for additional discussion on this topic.