The robot has a preload, and picks up the two buckyballs under the hanging bar, now possessing three objects. It’s path is then to drive towards the 24 inch goal on the opposite side of the field. This chosen path takes it through the buckyballs on the bump, and will almost certainly result in them accidentally being hit into the middle zone. Is this manoeuvre legal, or are teams expected to choose a path for their robot that don’t go through buckyballs? Is there a difference in the ruling made if the action happens in driver control or in autonomous?
Situation 2:
A robot is holding 2 buckyballs of it’s own colour, and is facing another buckyball it wants to pick up. However two of the opponents buckyballs sit between the robot and it’s own buckyball, as shown by the following picture:
[ the opponents buckyballs to avoid inadvertently possessing more than three buckyballs?
The robot has a preload, and picks up the two buckyballs under the hanging bar, now possessing three objects. It’s path is then to drive towards the 24 inch goal on the opposite side of the field. This chosen path takes it through the buckyballs on the bump, and will almost certainly result in them accidentally being hit into the middle zone. Is this manoeuvre legal, or are teams expected to choose a path for their robot that don’t go through buckyballs? Is there a difference in the ruling made if the action happens in driver control or in autonomous?
This would most likely be legal, as the BuckyBall would tend to be knocked away from the robot, as opposed to moving with the robot continuously as it drove.
