3.6. Penalties. There are very few penalties in Bot Hockey. Those that exist are intended to keep play moving and to avoid gratuitous destruction of opposing robots.

3.6.1. Unsportsmanlike Conduct. If the umpire determines that a team is intentionally damaging an opposing robot not in the course of play, for example a disabled robot, the umpire may declare an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. This results in the removal of the offending robot from the field for the remainder of the half with no substitution allowed.

3.6.2. Wild shooting. If a robot shoots, flips, or otherwise projects the puck out of the playing field a penalty goal will be awarded to the opposing team. The puck will be immediately placed back in play at the centerline as is following a normal goal. Pucks ejected in the course of collision or by deflecting off other robots or the field will not be consider wild shooting. In this case the puck is immediately placed back in play at the centerline.

3.6.3. Invalid Substitution. If at any time a team has four or more robots on the field an invalid substitution penalty will be called and the team will be required to play with only two robots for the remainder of the half.

3.6.4. Forfeit. If at the beginning of either half a team does not place at least one robot into play a forfeit will be declared and the match will be awarded to the opposing team assuming they have at least on robot ready to play. If both teams cannot place a robot into play the match shall be played at a later time or the event organizer may decide other resolution as long as a winner and loser are decided – there are no ties in Bot Hockey.

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