Some overlap with this unanswered question (as of posting)
<SG11> <SG11> Elevation is protected. During the last 30 seconds of the Match, Robots may not contact the following: a. The opposing Alliance’s Elevation Bars b. Opponent Robots who are contacting their Elevation Bars c. Opponent Robots who meet the definition of Elevated d. The Short Barriers adjacent to the opposing Alliance’s Elevation Bars
From this the short barrier itself is protected, and elevated robots are protected; no explicit protection is given for non elevated robots contacting solely their short barrier, likewise non influential transitive contact with triballs contacting this bar is potentially not a violation.
Should a robot that is contacting their short barrier be protected?
Should transitive contact be outlawed, this is influential for scoring triballs around elevation bars - potentially allowing locking down triballs.
A robot could be involved in a pushing battle with another bot underneath the elevation bar where neither is contacting a protected component however triballs are in contact with the short barrier Likewise in a similar pushing battle a triball is in contact with the elevation bar is this an sg11 violation?
These are shown in the images below, thus which of these cases should be a violation? Does transitive contact matter as long as it is not indirectly affecting an elevated robot in "a potentially damaging interaction"
image 1: Transitively contacting the barrier
image 2: Transitively contacting the elevation bar
Image 3: Transitively contacting the elevation bar
Image 4: transitively contacting a non elevating/elevated yet protected robot (contacting its elevation bar)
