[martin417]

I talked to the head ref about the call. She explained that earlier in the day, two balls had entered the goal at the same time, and got jammed in the goal and therefore the goal was blocked (no robot was present). They decided that it was a field fault and cleared the jam, allowing the balls to score. I agree with that call.

I have doubts about the second case, where the robot was part of the jam-up. Lets suppose the event occurred early in the match, with the robot and balls all jammed in the goal. For whatever reason, the robot can't move (bot broke, bot stuck, or, at the end of the match and time runs out). What do we do now? Free the stuck bot manually while the match is still going? let it stay until the end, and score the balls?

It is my opinion that if the bot jammed itself in with balls, and is acting as a dam, blocking the goal and preventing the balls from scoring, that is a result of robot action, not a field fault.