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Originally Posted by KenWittlief

7 feet would only be about as high as the shield, but even if a bot could hold something up 9 or 10 feet high, in that case I would toss the balls to the other human player, or step to one side - I cant imagine blocking the HP being an effective defense.

and 'deemed unsafe' is in the eyes of the ref - wanna play that game on the field? No reasonable person would think its ok for your bot to reach over the 'protective barrier' and say we are not doing anything unsafe.

Well, yes there is the possibility of being disabled if you're obviously being unsafe by reaching over the 7' wall. We were "penalized", not disabled, twice for this, but shouldn't have been. Actually, someone else watching the video thought we were pushed anyways, but oh well... I think the point is that inadvertant or slight plane breakage with a 2x or your robot arm up that high is not a penalty. Reaching over and hanging a ball or arm over a hp's head to block him would probably be a safety hazard.

I agree, blocking the HP that way wouldn't be a very effective defense, mainly because it's not too hard to shoot over or around it.

Originally Posted by bcahn836

but if the human player throws a ball and hits us who gets the penelty? without going over the lexan wall.

I don't think there is a penalty solely for throwing a ball and hitting a robot.