Rosie stuffs Thrust

[BradMello]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I have one thought - pinning against the goal is a commonplace occurrence this season. If the pinned robot is small enough to fit entirely inside the goal and ends up there as a result of said pin, I would think the defender should not be held responsible for that result, as that is a natural risk of pursuing a smaller, more mobile design.

The act in the video appears more aggressive than simply pushing 1501 into the goal after they score a ball, but I don't believe what they did was illegal. Unfortunately, the video gets jittery right when the "stuffing" occurs, making it hard to see exactly how hard they were pushed into the goal. A gentle escort would be far more appropriate than a full force slam dunk.

I totally agree with everything here, and as a driver I would have done the exact same thing provided I was in this situation. THRUST was pushing a ball into the goal just before they were pushed in, which meant that they were already driving in the direction of the goal. It would have been a different situation if the robots were driving head to head against each other and rosie forced them in the opposite direction, but from what I see in the video it didn't take much effort by rosie to scoot them the rest of the way into the goal.

Reasons why I don't have a problem with this play:

1.) The THRUST Driver obviously was aware that the robot he was controlling could fit into the goal. The defensive play that Rosie played on them was commonplace throughout many regionals this season, and ultimately it was their robots design that trapped them inside the goal.

2.) The goal is part of the field. Robots can drive inside the goal. Getting pushed in the goal and becoming entangled is in essence the same as my teams robot being pushed up the ramp by a defender and being trapped in a way such as this.


(if our frame touches the ground in the back our wheels become lifted off of the floor)

Would you think this is illegal?



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