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Originally Posted by DBortnick

According to <G32>: Neither ROBOTS, HOSTBOTS, nor MINIBOTS may break the planes of the vertically projected borders of the opponent's ZONES.

It goes on to say: "<G32> allows ROBOTS to complete HANGING a GAME PIECE, as designed, without being hindered."

My question is this, the ZONES are 84" long, the maximum length your robot could have at any given time is 84" long. However, the ends of the scoring pegs are 16" away from the wall. If my robot is fully extended at roughly 84" and I am trying to place a piece on the end of a peg then 16" of my robot will be extending out into the Caution Zone.

Is my robot still protected from opposing robots if ANY part of my robot is out of my zone?

(emphasis mine)

If your robot is stretching out to 84" long, then it is 0" wide - you'd have to be on a diameter line, or else you're outside the circle. So a full 84" spread is not even possible. And when you design to be able to reach the top or bottom rows of pegs, you will realize why you need the extra inches available to you at the midrange of your arm height.

That may mean that you are stretched out to at or near your maximum if you are trying to hang a tube on the mid row. But <G32> is a prohibition of what your opponents cannot do. Even the blue box that you quoted only says you have protection to complete hanging your tube. You first have to get the tube to the zone, and then once your robot is inside the zone the opponents can't get to you any more. Maybe your back bumper will have to be hanging outside the zone. But an opponent risks entering your zone if they try to bump only the portion of your robot hanging outside the line. Remember, they're 47 feet away from the line, and can't see it very well.