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Re: Blocking 2 ball autons

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Originally Posted by BenHildy View Post
I like this! However you do run the risk of having the robot intake both balls and being charged for forcing a penalty on another team. Also, if the balls collide, the the robot, however unlikely, may still pick up the ball launched at their original target. However, both of these issues are quite minor and unlikely. This solution is innovative and certainly would be entertaining to witness! I hope we do!
Its kind of an interesting situation, I wonder if it would really be considered forcing a penalty. On one hand, you didn't load the ball into their robot or otherwise force the ball upon them. On the other hand, you're taking advantage of a pre-programmed behavior to cause their robot to commit a foul.

If this was during teleop there would be no question, the robot that intakes two balls gets the penalty, putting the balls close together is in no way an attempt to cause the other robot to get a penalty. Is autonomous judged differently?
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