[GeeTwo]

I can certainly think of a number of robot combinations where one robot can right another fairly safely. This happened (within the alliance obviously) regularly in Recycle Rush, as one robot would use its forklift or other tote lifter to lift another robot to a vertical position. There were probably a few robots this year who could have used their climbing mechanism to right a downed robot, especially if it had fairly solid structure near an anchor point which was reasonably similar in size to the rung, and others which might have been able to use their "self-righting" mechanisms to help a number of other robots onto their wheels.

Here's a scenario where it's more of a coopertition thing than an "overinflated sense of GP" thing, from STRONGHOLD:

At some point during the match, a blue robot doing courtyard defense is knocked over onto the BATTER. There is no legal way another blue robot can enter the courtyard to right it.

Ten-plus seconds have passed, and it's getting close to the end of the match. Red has put enough boulders in the blue tower to bring its strength down to (or below) zero, and all of the red robots are mobile. Red is well ahead on points. But there's this blue robot on the batter, wedged in such a way that it cannot easily be pushed out, but which can be righted by a mechanism at red's disposal.

If red alliance can right the blue robot before the rules about contacting an opposing robot in the courtyard and intentionally drawing fouls become an issue, BOTH alliances could benefit from righting that poor blue robot. Red decides to right the blue robot, which drives away in time to avoid drawing a foul (and perhaps complete a challenge of the red tower). While I will not deny that there will be a ref or two out there who might call this a foul, it's worth the risk for that extra qualification point.