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Originally Posted by bduddy
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.
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Ok, I see what you were talking about now. In that case I would agree. If the arm bot could get out by turning then you would not be pinning. However, I would suggest that the strategic benefits to parking behind an arm bot in a manner that it can still get away (albeit in a slightly longer amount of time) are negligible compared to driving past and either messing with their ball or continuing to score points for your alliance.