Tipping opponents robots

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by eugenebrooks

I witnessed a robot aggressively push another robot about 10 feet,
eventually into the bump at 45 degrees, tipping it, at SVR. I was
surprised that there was no penalty as the action appeared to have
no other purpose. It did not happen again, so I presume that ref's
told the team that this behavior was a bad idea. I thought it was
a fine example of bad behavior on the competition field.

Eugene

Eugene,
See now that doesn't sound so bad to me... ...well until the tipping it bit. But the first part.

Suppose there is a defender harassing your prize scoring robot in the near zone. It seems to me that it is a FAS to push them across the field and even a bit onto the bump, holding them for a bit (until the pinning rules kick in) if necessary to defend my partner.

But of course, if we intend to tip them in the end, I suppose we've crossed the line even if we don't actually manage to accomplish it.

Thoughts?
Joe J.