The bumper guards are removable from the robot so that you can easily change them to

[Don52]

The bumper guards are removable from the robot so that you can easily change them to either red or blue depending an the particular alliance. We decided to make the length and width of our robot a little smaller so we wouldn't be so close the perimeter limit, like we were in the past. Unfortunately we didn't make the bumper guard smaller to match. You can clearly see the misfit on our SolidWorks assembly model but if you don't look at the model you don't see it. So I had to cut 3/8" off of the two long sides to make it fit. While I was at it, I also added fillet welds in the corners to stiffen up the bumper guards. There was only a short section about 1.5" long on top connecting the sides together and it looked wimpy to me. I found out later that the bumper guards failed in that area last year.

[MMW]

Very nice job. Did I miss a post with the robots? Like to see a pic of the whole unit.

[Don52]

Very nice job. Did I miss a post with the robots? Like to see a pic of the whole unit.

We had to put the robot in a sealed bag last night at midnight.
It was a mad rush to get it finished.
I will take a picture of the whole robot as soon as I get the chance.
This weekend I have to weld some parts for our second practice robot.

[USMCPOP]

I know that rushed feeling. 6 weeks isn't much time to put one of those together.

[Don52]

Very nice job. Did I miss a post with the robots? Like to see a pic of the whole unit.

You didn't miss anything. I took some pictures at the competition held last weekend.

The first picture shows the bumper suport, which I cut down & welded, mounted on the robot during construction of the robot.

Picture 2 and 3 show the complete robot

Only a little of my weld showed on the completed robot as seen in the fourth picture.