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Re: <G39> Pinning

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Originally Posted by Jack Jones View Post
1 : to prohibit from doing something

It is not the blocking robot that inhibits the other from going over the bump. It is their own design flaw that prevents it. Should they both get a penalty for "inhibiting"?
So you are saying that if we hold you against the side rail it's not pinning because you didn't design your robot to fly?

(Note: this is the logical extreme of your thought pattern. Which is why pinning against any field object is pinning ... regardless of design)
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