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G203       *Don’t collude with your partners to shut down major parts of game play. 2 or more Robots that appear to a Referee to be working together may neither isolate nor close off any major element of Match play.

Violation: Tech Foul, plus an additional Tech Foul for every 5 seconds in which the situation is not corrected.

Examples of violations of this rule include, but are not limited to:

a.      shutting down access to all GAME PIECES, 

b.      quarantining all opponents to a small area of the Field,

c.      blocking all access to the LOADING ZONE, and

d.      blocking all access to the COMMUNITY

A single Robot blocking access to a particular area of the Field is not a violation of this rule.

2 Robots independently playing defense on 2 opponent Robots is not a violation of this rule.

Note, G204, G205, and G206 are mutually exclusive. A single robot to robot interaction which violates more than 1 of these rules results in the most punitive penalty, and only the most punitive penalty, being assessed.

Similar Rules

Rule G201
G201       *Don’t expect to gain by doing others harm. Strategies clearly aimed at forcing the opponent Alliance to violate a rule are not in the spirit of FIRST Robotics Competition and not allowed. Rule violations forced in this manner will not result in an assignment of a penalty to the targeted Alliance.
Rule G403
G403       1 GAME PIECE at a time (except in LOADING ZONE and COMMUNITY). ROBOTS completely outside their LOADING ZONE or COMMUNITY may not have CONTROL of more than 1 GAME PIECE, either directly or transitively through other objects.
Rule G205
G205       *This isn’t combat robotics. A robot may not damage or functionally impair an opponent robot in either of the following ways:
Rule G206
G206       *Don’t tip or entangle. A robot may not deliberately, as perceived by a referee, attach to, tip, or entangle with an opponent robot.