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Originally posted by Vincent Chan
I think it's apparent what the whole 'reacting against' deal is supposed to mean:
If you are using something designed to stop another bot from getting under the bar that comes in contact with it to do so, it is disallowed. Sure, you can say, 'well what about the frame of a robot?' Use common sense: how would you rule? If a bot is pushing against another bot that is too tall to pass under, it's just an inadvertant design flaw (or maybe it was meant to do that... but it just causes the bot to get stuck in midfield). I think they will rule on the intent of the design.
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What about robots that have arms? When the arm is raised, it can't be pushed under the bar. The arms, however, were designed with other functions in mind such as loading boxes or stacking them. Does such a robot get DQ'ed if it's arm is deployed and happens to prevent it from being pushed under the bar? It's not all just "common sense" the way Update 20 was worded.