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Re: Ubertubes in starting configuration

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Originally Posted by The Trooper View Post
so if I am correctly interpreting what your saying, the uber tube could be laying on the floor, and the robot can just touch it. Then the robot could then back up and then in its own way pick up the uber tube and then put it on the scoring board. Is this correct?
The reason for contact and not possession is because FIRST can't assume every team's strategy will include tube manipulation, and undoubtedly there will be some teams that choose not to pick up tubes.