Hi I had a question about objects bouncing out of the field.
This has occurred in a few tournaments I’ve been a referee in where objects that were thrown by robots first hit the ground in a different zone than where the robot was then left the field.
At tournaments we placed these bounced objects back into where they originated, interpreting that as where the robot was when the object was thrown. A few teams have questioned this and stated it should be placed in the zone where it bounced out.
Are we right in our placement of the ejected field objects?
If an Object is Launched from Zone ‘X’, bounces in Zone ‘Y’, and then exits the field, the Object should be returned to Zone ‘Y’, i.e. It should be returned to the Zone where it bounced.
On an unrelated note, thank you for volunteering to be a referee!