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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2022-2023: Slapshot
1246: G14 Don't cross the fence line clarification
We have two questions we would like to confirm in regards to crossing the fence line.
- Robots should not go under the bar/across the line when pushing discs into the score field, correct?
- If a robot is built in a way that the top portion goes over the fence line but not in a manner to score, just due to it's structure, is this ok? For example if they have an arm that is used for extension at the end and even when put in "storage" mode, it sticks out beyond the robot and can cross the bar when close to it but it has no purposeful use in this manner.
Please refer to rule <G14>, "Don’t cross the Fence Line until Contact. Robots may only extend over the Fence Line and “break the plane” of the 3-dimensional area of the 2-Point Goal Zone if they are contacting the Expansion Zone."
Any Robot that crosses the Fence Line while not in contact with an Expansion Zone is in violation of rule <G14>. Repeated, egregious, or intentional violations, including those described in the two scenarios you presented, may escalate to a Major Violation and Disqualification at the Head Referee's discretion.