Answered: Driver Loading Clarification

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In this thread:

https://vexforum.com/t/answered-sg6-clarification/30534/1

This was said to be legal but I don’t understand one section.

Originally Posted by 1501_vince View Post
This one was tricky. Students from multiple teams would push a game object into a roller-intake mechanism located at the floor level (not “on” a robot). If the ball was not pushed in, the robot would have needed to move laterally to intake the ball. In scenario C, the ball first touches the loading zone then is (intentionally or not) pushed into the robot. **In scenario D, the ball does not touch the loading zone but touches the robot on initial contact **(although it wouldn’t have been able to enter the robot without pushing inward).
Is scenario C or D legal?

Both these scenarios are legal, with the same safety caveats as in all loading scenarios.

Is the ball allowed to touch the ground outside the loading zone after touching the robot and then be picked up off the ground?

Here is a crude picture:
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Thanks

[Karthik]

Is the ball allowed to touch the ground outside the loading zone after touching the robot and then be picked up off the ground?

Yes, a team may legally load a Ball by dropping it on a Robot touching the Loading Zone, then having the Ball bounce into a position outside the Loading Zone.

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Thanks Karthik.

[Karthik]

Thanks Karthik.

You’re welcome!