<G39> Pinning

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

Somebody might have said that, but the rules do not. The <G39> states that "A ROBOT may not pin (inhibit the movement of another ROBOT that is in contact with a field element, border, or goal) for more than 5 seconds."
It says INHIBIT, not "keep a robot from moving anywhere." There is an important difference.

As for pinning against a bump, is the bump a field element? Yup.
Is the robot movement inhibited? If the robot can't get over it, then yup.
Then it follows that a robot can be pinned against the bump.


Wetzel

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"?

EDIT: I don't know why I'm arguing the point. I would have my driver avoid the chance of a penality by pushing the other robot onto the bump and leaving it stuck there.