The vertical plane surrounding the switch: can a part of the bot break the plane...

to deposit a cube on the switch? (as long as it doesn’t go past the 16 inch perimeter limit?)
We are thinking of an arm or extended platform that would be retracted within the frame perimeter to start, but during the cube deposition, be a bit over the fence.

There are no rules against breaking the plane of the SWITCH or SCALE, as long as you do not otherwise illegally interact with it.