Hey Karthik,
In the programming skills game manual it says
“Programming Skills Preload – The four (4) BuckyBalls each team must place on the field such that they are touching their Robot and/or their Alliance Starting Tile prior to each Match. Please note, only one BuckyBall
may start on each Alliance Starting Tile. Thus each Alliance Starting Tile will have one BuckyBall, with the possibility of one of these BuckyBalls touching the Robot on the Alliance Starting Tile it begins the Programming Skills Match on.”
it also says
“ Prior to the start of each Programming Skills Match, each team will have four (4) BuckyBalls available
as Programming Skills Preloads. A Scoring Object is considered to be legally preloaded if it is touching the
Robot or the Alliance Starting Tile and not touching any other foam tiles or the Bump. Please note, only one
BuckyBall may start on each Alliance Starting Tile. Thus each Alliance Starting Tile will have one BuckyBall,
with the possibility of one of these BuckyBalls touching the Robot on the Alliance Starting Tile it begins the
Programming Skills Match on.”
In the following video, SBD robotics places the buckyballs outside of the field for the duration of the skills run.
My question is, according to these rules, can teams choose not to use the preloads on the starting tile?