Game Manual - Team UPDATE - 2014-03-04

[martin417]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

It took a little analysis but the new rule does help

First and the biggest thing.... is that UNLESS a robot is reaching over the side of the field.... a human player can use the entire zone up to the field edge. You can't reach in at any time but you can extend right up to it.

The limitation occurs when you have an adjacent robot that is REACHING OVER the side line. THEN if the robot is close you cannot enter the Safety Zone.

This means that if your robot is sitting in front of you and NOT extended outside the field you can reach up to the side line (but not onto the field)

This is eminently reasonable... it allows a robot to extend slightly over the side of the field and then it protects the human player by moving his legal zone back only during the time the robot is reaching outside the field.

This is a good change. If anyone really expected that they would allow human players to reach into the field they were dreaming. This is a good and safe change... I applaud the GDC for the quick action which both protects the students and allows for a better game with less fouls

I think you are misinterpreting the rule. A robot CANNOT reach over the edge of the field per G21.

The way I see it, if a robot is there at all (adjacent to the HP zone) you cannot break the plane of the safety zone. It could even be an opposing robot, there just so you have to keep your hands back.