G13, G44 and Pinching Rollers

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by TEE

Now, rule G13 (Causing Penalties) states "The actions of an ALLIANCE shall not cause an opposing ALLIANCE to violate a rule and thus incur PENALTIES. Any rule violations committed by the affected ALLIANCE shall be excused, and no PENALTIES will be assigned. ", essentially that if a robot causes another robot to break a rule, no penalty will be assigned. So, the question is, wouldn't pushing a robot with a pinching roller in such a way that caused it to carry a ball be an example of causing "an opposing alliance to violate a rule"?

I don't think so.

If your robot picks the ball up off the ground, it's a penalty. Another robot pushing you up the ramp didn't cause your rollers to keep a hold of the ball.