Can game balls be rolled down the field from one robot to another and it count as a pass?
It appears so, yes. As long as both robots independently touch the ball, meaning you can’t both touch the ball at the same time like with a “handoff”.
Refer to section in the game manual.
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Indeed they can. Refer to SC5 for more clarification and guidelines.
I read the manual and it seems that it would be legal.
Thanks for the help guys!
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I think you can still handoff as long as the ball physically leaves robot A’s possession and subsequently makes contact with robot B.
I read it as robot A can’t hold the ball, then press it against robot B (never releasing it), and expect to receive credit for a pass.
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That’s a fair interpretation. Even with my “handoff” mention above in that case both robots do still independently come in contact with the same ball at some point despite a moment where they’re both mutually in contact with the ball at the moment of handoff. 
I think that’s a good early Q&A candidate because my read was that there has to be time when neither robot is in contact with the ball between Robot A having contact and Robot B having contact to count as a pass.
Still, that would leave open the option to drop a ball from A to B, but it seems like having the ball travel some distance through the air/on the floor between the robots is the intent, especially with “Pass” being the term and not “Hand-Off” or something like that.
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Agreed…that was my initial interpretation and how I expect it to be clarified but @sayhellotolane1 posses a fair interpretation as well!
@sayhellotolane1 I’d suggest you formally submit a Q&A ticket via the Q&A System outlined in the Game Manual when the system goes live on May 14th.
I believe that a space of one square on the field show be clear enough to pass. And is there a limit to the amount of passes you can do.
Yes, you can, as long as the ball doesn’t fall out of the box (if that can even happen) or the robots are touching the ball at the same time.
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