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Re: Your tall opaque robot is now illegal

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Originally Posted by dodar View Post
The response doesnt say "proper functioning" it says "sensing capabilities".
I would argue that a tall opaque robot does not interfere with the sensing capabilities of other cameras - those cameras still sense whatever they are pointing at. They do not impersonate a goal or make control systems think they are pointed at one when they aren't.

As a corollary to this... What if I have a camera pointed straight in front of my robot with the intent of using it to locate balls on the ground, or to help me line up for crossing defenses? Does that mean opposing robots have to get out of my way and can't get between me and any ball or defense, just because they would be blocking my camera?

From this Q&A, I guess as an LRI I would be forced to make a judgement call on robots with blockers - is the blocker sufficiently tall and sturdy enough that it can be considered a ball blocker?. It doesn't really take much for something to be sturdy enough to deflect balls from scoring, which leaves it pretty wide open.
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