[EricH]

As I said earlier, this phrase has been in the manual several times, and primarily refers to practicing defense during practice rounds. If the teams are willing, the robots can practice defending each other, provided that they keep it to a reasonable amount of contact.

If you want to try to communicate with another robot, fine. But I don't think they'll have sensors in your sending range that will be able to detect your signal. It's just as unlikely that they have transmitters for their info that you'll be able to detect. Unless, of course, there's been a game change and we have to, but I don't think the GDC's going to hit us with that for a couple of years yet.