Answered: Ball supported between robot and wall/goal and not touching ground

[Wallaby]

Hi Karthik,
Today at a competition there was a dispute over the ruling you gave in this thread.

The situation was as depicted in the attached images.

In the referenced thread, you said this:

The definition of Scored has no references to Robots touching Scoring Objects, and there are no rules that make any references. Thus, whether are Robot is touching a Scoring Object or not has no effect in the determination of whether or not it is Scored.

In response to 1412E’s question of:

Does an object count as scored while inside or on a robot/not touching the ground?
-SNIP-
Essentially, I’d like to know if picking the opponents objects of the ground in the Goal zone and keeping them in my robot would take away some of their points.

One side of the dispute interpreted this as the depicted situation having the ball still scored. The other side believed that the ball had to be touching the ground to count.

Could you clarify?

Thanks!

[Karthik]

One side of the dispute interpreted this as the depicted situation having the ball still scored. The other side believed that the ball had to be touching the ground to count.

Let’s once again take a look at the definition of Scored. I’ve bolded some text for emphasis.

Scored – A Scoring Object is Scored in a Zone if it meets the following criteria.
** 1. A Scoring Object is touching a Zone**
a. A BuckyBall Scored in two Zones will only count for the Goal Zone
b. A Large Ball Scored in two Zones will count for the Zone that the majority of the Large Ball is in
2. The Scoring Object is not Stashed

Now to make this clear, let’s take a look at the definition of the Goal Zone and Middle Zone.

Goal Zone – The foam tiles located between the Barrier and the field wall that the Goals are attached to. The boundary between the Goal Zone and Middle Zone will be marked by a tape line running along the edge of the tiles that is closest to the Goals.

Middle Zone – The foam tiles located in between the Bump and the Barrier. The boundary between the Goal Zone and Middle Zone will be marked by a tape line running along the edge of the tiles that is closest to the Goals.

In summary, yes, any Scoring Object must be touching the Zone to be considered Scored.

[Wallaby]

Let’s once again take a look at the definition of Scored. I’ve bolded some text for emphasis.

Now to make this clear, let’s take a look at the definition of the Goal Zone and Middle Zone.

In summary, yes, any Scoring Object must be touching the Zone to be considered Scored.

Thank you for clearing this up. The response to the referenced thread had just not been entirely clear, so we wanted to check.

[Karthik]

Thank you for clearing this up. The response to the referenced thread had just not been entirely clear, so we wanted to check.

Your welcome.