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Originally Posted by JB987
So...sounds like we would all be better off designing our robots so they CAN'T catch. Too big a risk for infrequent 10 pt gain verses risk of 100 pt penalty or worse? I can just see big basket fold outs waiting innocently for their partner to lob their ball over the truss and their opponents misfire bounces right in. I think the penalty is too extreme for an incidental event like an unintentional catch of your opponents ball...it would seem more fair to allow a no harm clause if the catching robot immediately returns the ball to the opposing alliance.
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By definition of a CATCH, I believe if you stop moving your robot (as in on the x/y plane that is the field, which is considered HOLDING) and quickly get it out of your robot (therefore not shielding it inside your machine, or TRAPPING it) and as long as they don't consider your attempt to get the ball out of your machine as LAUNCHING, it would be legal, right?
I perused the Q&A and didn't see a question about it. I might submit it myself tomorrow if no one does by then.