Bumper Corners

[FRC1764]

Our robot is designed as an octagon, and we have bumpers on 7 of the 8 sides (87.5%). The wood of our bumpers does not extend into the corners, but the pool noodles do. They are cut at an angle so that the noodles on one bumper meet the noodles on the adjacent bumper. We read in the rule book that "hard bumper parts" cannot extend into the corner, but pool noodle and cloth may. As long as the wood pieces do not touch each other in the corners, are we okay?

[GDC]

No. As shown in Figure 8-2, corners must be filled with a vertical piece of pool noodle.

Please note that it's not practical to require inspectors to inspect and evaluate alternate bumper designs. The Standard Bumber is the design as defined in Rule <R08>.