[Zuelu562]

Originally Posted by RRLedford

This still does not clarify whether positioning lower goal blocking robot extensions sufficiently across (but outside) their faces, and then leaving them statically positioned while an opponent tries to score the ball past them, would be considered a defensive trapping violation.

If the defensive blocker remains static, the contact with them is 100% initiated by the office bot, so IMO it should not be a trapping foul.

If it is not a foul, then many bots will be able to easily prevent any balls being scored at a lower goal with minimum deployment of of lower goal blocking elements.

-Dick Ledford

I feel this is completely legal. The tradeoff is not being able to block both low goals at once (unless you have 2 robots doing this....) and without proper design, the ball will almost instantly go into the low goal the second the defensive mechanism is retracted if the ball is stuck upon the mechanism.

My question is, if the ball is on your mechanism or you attempt to move with an opponent's ball stuck in between your defensive extension and the wall and the ball travels with you, is it possession?