Autonomous question for rapid relay

I have a question. For autonomous driving can we put the ball anywhere or do we have to load it through the loading station? I saw a video of someone using their hands to put the ball on the side of the loading station, so I got confused.

This questions would have been answered by a look in the game manual there is no ambiguity, so no need to check the official Q and A (although it’s good to check usually)

Clue

Check RSC4