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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
In this year's rules it is written that a robot cannot cause another robot to be penalized. So in my opinion if one robot knocks another over and that robot is now outside the mythical cylinder, there should be no penalty.
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This is an interesting interpretation that I haven't heard before. I can envision some scenarios where a robot could violate <R16> due to contact with another robot and not be penalized. I wouldn't say that this is a blanket rule... even if the other team tipped you, breaking <R16> might have been avoidable (much in the same way that you could potentially avoid a clockwise crossing, even if you were bumped). There are going to be some very interesting judgment calls for the referees this year.