In the following post (and several similar) you have tried to establish guideline for acceptable behavior when a team extends over the fence. In it, your response was:
@Owen Do definitions of pinning, grabbing, and trapping carry over from previous seasons?
For the most part, yes. However for trapping, there is specifically no distance requirement listed. If a Robot is trapped (i.e. boxed off into a confined space) by an opposing Robot who has crossed the Fence, this would be illegal.
@Owen Is “restriction of movement” limited to pinning, grabbing, and trapping?**
No, but these are the three most encompassing examples.
Basically what I’m wanting to know is, does a team extending beyond the space over the neutral zone (in to area above their scoring zones) assume any additional responsibility for entanglement that might occur? It seems that with the proliferation of clawbots reaching further and further over the fence to score with intakes specifically designed to hook objects becomes a significant problem left unchecked. Much like the loading zone afforded some protection last year and those who chose to go near it did so with added responsibility, does a team assume additional responsibility for entanglement if the are crossing beyond the neutral zone? **