Rosie played excellent defense at WPI and CT. 2791's robot received several tears in bumper fabric as well as a completely destroyed pneumatic solenoid with their high acceleration drivetrain (6 motor?). But there were instances in that video of red card worthy action.
When they tipped 1501, then 1501 activated their righter, Rosie pushed against them so they'd stay tipped. Watch the video 2 or 3 times, they CLEARLY saw it start to right and hit it again.
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<G32> ROBOT Protection while Righting – Before the FINALE, ROBOTS attempting to right themselves or their ALLIANCE partners have one 10-second grace period per fallen ROBOT in which they may not be contacted by an opposing ROBOT. This protection continues for either 10 seconds or when the protected ROBOTS have completed the righting operation, whichever time comes first. Violation: PENALTY for inadvertent contact; plus a RED CARD for obviously intentional contact.
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In addition, the goal thing could be considered a violation of intentional entanglement, as that is exactly what it was.
I hope the GDC adds a rule prohibiting such a move explicitly. That you can take a robot and goal simeltaneously out of commission like that is insane. If that's 100% legal, I guess I'll tell my drivers to shove robots into goals in the offseason.