Link to Q&A 61 answer for the discussion
Q&A 32 states that violations will be treated like safety glasses warnings. This to me means you should be reasonable with your robot. If you need to expand to 12ft to change your battery you have a problem, since you can't do that in the pits or during transport. But if you have to move an arm a few inches out of transport to change a battery and you do it while not moving your robot and you make sure other people aren't around I can't imagine anyone will get mad at you. The intent of the rule as I understand it is to ensure robots can be safely and quickly transported around venues. Minor repairs or pre-match prep that is done in a reasonable manner will most likely not even draw a warning, just like it hasn't in the past.