Quote Originally Posted by kane
From the FRA Judging Rules
Pinning
It is not permitted to hold or restrain an opponent for more than 30 seconds, for example, where a hydraulic
crushing weapon grips its opponent, or one robot pins its opponent to arena side or floor, to do so is instant
disqualification. If two or more robots become entangled or a crushing or gripping weapon is employed and
becomes trapped within another robot, then the competitors should make the timekeeper aware, the fight
should be stopped and the robots separated by the safest means. The fight will then be judged to the point
where the robots became trapped.
Thank-you Kane, that solves my entanglement issue clearly.

Pity really then that the pin rules can call Panic Attack & Axe Awe to both be instantly disqualified.

You can argue equally that Panic Attack that is holding Axe Awe there just as much as you could argue Axe Awe is pinning Panic Attack to the floor with its own weight.

So... What would the judges rule then?

I'm just checking my liability under the rules. I don't want to be instantly disqualified for not knowing my obligations.

I could well in a melee situation be far too busy defending my robot to bother with any fool who's managed to beach itself onto the flat of my machine for 30 seconds.