[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Can you cite a rule? As long as you don't touch a robot or tube in the ZONE, a 3 point penalty is all that should be called. The finals at the New Jersey Regional featured a team crossing the line and interfering with the other alliance's autonomous mode (albeit unintentionally), and there was no red card.

I had a "kamikaze" autonomous mode in our back pocket at Champs, just in case we were paired with a double tube scorer and we would have been freed up.

Pretty sure G11 is the only rule that references crossing the line in autonomous mode.

<G11> ROBOTS may not break the plane of the CENTER LINE.
Violation: PENALTY

I couldn't find any mention of contacting an opponent or tube in Autonomous, so as far as I can tell crossing to pickup a tube or block an opponent would be legal, aside from breaking G11. (In no way am I telling anyone to get a penalty on purpose to gain a competitive advantage.)