Thread: Pinning? Apparently I just don't seem to understand
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Re: Pinning? Apparently I just don't seem to understand
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Originally Posted by Dillon Compton
It seems to me that one cannot be "pinned" against the front of the ramp... It is an open surface on which a robot can drive- perhaps a team neglected to design their robot with the ability to climb the ramp, but that does not call for a rule-change for their team in such a situation.

As I understand the situation now, it was clearly possible for a robot to drive up the ramp and avoid being pinned.

-Dillon Compton
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What if the robot was turned sideways? If it's wheels were parallel to the ramp, the steep angle of the ramp could possibly keep the robot from being pushed up the ramp and they certainly couldn't just drive up it, since they are oriented the wrong way. If the pinning robot had enough pushing power, it could possibly be able to prevent the pinned robot from moving side to side.
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