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Originally Posted by Lynsey93
From where I was I could clearly see the blue bot (truck) up against the left pole. It also looks like the head-ref pointed to it at one point.
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Aside from viewing it from a range of just a few degrees of the plane of potential contact, it would be impossible to tell 100% if there is contact or not unless the robot is in motion and decelerates faster than normally possible without hitting a sufficiently large object.
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Originally Posted by Vikesrock
The head ref does point at them, but he doesn't have a good angle to see if they are actually touching or not.
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Vikesrock, I think you are right that the head ref could not have had the right angle and that the ref opposite him would have had a much better view. Had the head ref had the right angle and known that there had been contact he would have signaled the penalty himself. He was likely making sure that the ref opposite him knew about the potential infraction and was implicitly asking the other ref to inspect the situation to get the correct assessment.