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Originally Posted by EricH
The GDC is right, as long as the robot that is doing the blocking isn't contacting the robot that is against the overpass. As soon as the blocking robot touches the other robot so it can't move, it's a pinning call.
If a robot intentionally tips another, they are given a Penalty, ranging up to a DQ.
Also, this discussion may be moot, because the arm robots probably have measures in place already to escape this. I'm pretty sure my team does--we've got two, or can easily have two given about ten minutes in the pits.
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When you say "as soon as the blocking robot touchs the other robot"... assuming the blocking robot is simply parked, it would be the hurdling robot making the contact.
This is important to note, as we had a situation a few years ago where we were putting a tetra on a goal (finals at the Philly regional), someone parked behind us, we backed up, they fell over and we were DQ'ed for tipping them!!!