I witnessed a case where the robot was in the near zone in autonomous, launched a number of stars, which missed and left the arena, and the robot also tipped forward, supported by the wall on its front bottom edge. The referee immediately collected the stars and placed them in the near zone, as expected. However, they placed the stars directly underneath the tipped robot, making it impossible for them to right themselves once the match began the driver control portion. After having this pointed out, the team and the referee agreed to move the stars to the far zone rather than have them under the robot.
What would the proper course of action be? It seems wrong to disadvantage the team that badly. As all robots had come to a stop, i would have most likely waited until they righted themselves, then replaced the stars but counted then in the near zone for scoring, or alternatively, placed them farther from the perimeter wall, remaining in the near zone, but giving the robot space to right itself.