Answered: Balls in dumping mechanism at end of match

[NShaffer829]

If at the end of the match a robot has a load of balls in a hopper off of the mat on their own side of the field do these balls count as scored for the other team? Thanks.

Nick

[JVN]

Please refer to the definition of the word “Scored” which says:

Scored - A ball is scored in a scoring zone if the entire ball is within the rectangular space defined by the edges of the scoring zone, and not touching a robot of the alliance that the scoring zone belongs to.

Note: A scoring zone extends infinitely perpendicular to the playing field surface within the scoring zone boundaries.

Based on this definition, if a RED robot is holding balls while inside the BLUE scoring zone, these balls would still count as SCORED.