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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Care to provide a quote? Q733 is not included in the last Q&A PDF.
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What constitutes as a pin in this year's game? Does the defensive robot have to initiate contact? If an offensive robot is on the tower battens trying to score in the tower and a defensive robot parks behind them without initiating contact and the offensive robot cannot get off the batten is this considered a pin?
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Originally Posted by Answer
There's no FIRST Robotics Competition specific definition of "pinning." From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: a pin can generally be defined as "to prevent or stop (someone or something) from moving." There is no requirement of contact for pinning to occur. While we cannot rule absolutely on hypothetical game scenarios, generally speaking, parking behind an opponent ROBOT that is on the BATTER would be considered pinning as the dividers on the BATTER, combined with the pinning ROBOT, would prevent the opponent from escaping.
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So, parking behind an opposing robot on the batter is not aganst the rules, but you must follow all rules related to pinning.