[thefro526]

My personal opinion is that Handing the Tube to the Robot, either via the Feeding Slot or over the Wall, is the best method. You can control the orientation of the tube with the Human Player, and you effectively negate the possibility of losing the tube to the other alliance.

If your robot can pick up the floor, and that is your preferred method, then dropping the tubes on the floor, or lightly tossing them into the protected lane is probably also a decent idea.

There will be cases where throwing tubes out of the lane would be worth the risk, either as a Buzzer Beater sort of play, or during a blowout match where every tube will not matter. But more often than not, I'd say don't throw tubes.