[RyanCahoon]

Originally Posted by StevenB

My understanding of <G06> is that it can be touching any part of the robot, in any way, and from what I've seen of other regionals this is how it's been interpreted.

What comes to mind is the refs may be interpreting ROBOT (not the capitalization, as in G06 like you quoted) as excluding BUMPERS. I couldn't find anything definitive during a brief look through the game manual, but some of the wording suggests this, e.g.

Originally Posted by R07K blue box

If a multi-part attachment system is utilized (e.g. interlocking brackets on the ROBOT and the BUMPER), then the elements permanently attached to the ROBOT will be considered part of the ROBOT, and the elements attached to the BUMPERS will be considered part of the BUMPER. Each element must satisfy all applicable rules for the relevant system.

--Ryan