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Originally Posted by Vikesrock
However they cannot move because you are pinning them. You cannot force them to commit a penalty (don't feel like looking up the exact rule) and you are pinning so you are the one that has to move within six seconds.
I would guess that parking behind a robot that cannot move forward due to an appendage will constitute pinning.
The other interesting part of this situation is, does either team really want to be a part of what happens if you go to far and push them into the overpass, toppling them onto your robot?
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If they truly could not move, then I guess they could not recieve a penalty and you would be considered impeding (actually didn't notice that part of the rule before!), but unless you are physically pinning their arm against the overpass I doubt that would frequently happen.
More likely, in terms of what I am picturing in my head (which is likely different from what is going on in yours), the robot-with-an-arm could probably get out by turning, etc., and if that was the case, I think arm-robot would be considered to be impeding, even if it could not immediately move forward or backward.