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Originally Posted by Bob Steele
Let me pose this question.
You place a rotating bar on top of your robot. The ball is thrown over the truss it lands on your rotating bar and is "batted" somewhere on the field.
Is this a catch? It would be a possession... the bar is moving relative to the robot... so this would be launching which is defined as possession.
Granted you don't know exactly where the ball will be going but you should get the 10 points for a catch..
What say you?
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It really depends on whether the refs would think you are fulfilling the "to a desired location or direction" part of:
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"launching” (impelling BALLS to a desired location or direction via a MECHANISM in motion relative to the ROBOT)
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However I think it's pretty subjective to say if a team hit it in a "desired location or direction"...so based on the definition of POSSESSION I would have to say:
Yes, it would count as a CATCH. Whether or not it's called that way may be a different story.