[Riverdance]

Each robot gets a ball to start autonomous, unless a team chooses to start their robot in the goalie zone. In that case, they can either choose to place their ball on the field where an alliance partner can reach and score it, or they can choose to have their ball removed for the duration of autonomous.

After autonomous ends, the new cycle does not start until all the balls in play during autonomous have been scored, and no assist bonuses can be earned. Once all autonomous balls have been scored, the human player takes a ball from the pedestal, puts it back in play, and the new cycle and collection of assist points can begin!