G13, G44 and Pinching Rollers

[sgreco]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

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.

I agree, the reason the penalty was called was because the defending robot did not directly cause the picking up of the ball. True the ball wouldn't have been picked up if it weren't for the defence, but the mechanism caused the ball to be lifted not so much the act of the other robot pushing.