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Originally Posted by jds2001
Again, I see no exceptions for the robot extension during the end game. The only exception granted is to the height limitation (which is ordinarily 54 inches). Also note the rules for the STARTING CONFIGURATION (R4) which says that you may not extend outside the vertical projection of the FRAME PERIMETER - i.e. draw a box infinitely high with the FRAME PERIMETER and you may not break that plane with any part of your robot.
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In 3.4.5 it starts with G17 which states the robot must stay in the 54" height on a flat floor "except during the final twenty (20) seconds of TELEOP where there is no heigh limit when a ROBOT is fully contained by the opponent's COURTYARD."
Then on the next page it has G18, "ROBOTS may not extend more than 15. in beyond their FRAME PERIMETER." Which leads me to believe that if they only referred to it for the vertical limit but not the horizontal which directly follows it, so I would think the 15" follows through to the last 20 seconds. I do tend to give unnecessary restrictions if I'm not sure, but possibly they may clear that up in a future manual update.