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Re: Blocking 2 ball autons

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Originally Posted by apm4242 View Post
Q533
Q. Can you further clarify the definition of "launching" as it applies to G39? Would either of these actions be considered a G39 violation if performed while in contact with the Neutral Zone or a team's own Courtyard: A. A robot very weakly ejects a BOULDER through an upward-facing mechanism normally used for shooting, such that it rises a minimal height required to clear the mechanism and then drops to the ground. B. A robot forcibly ejects a ball at ground level, rolling it across the field.

A. Good question. Releasing a BOULDER such that it is not shot in the air, but dropped from a certain height is not launching. A ROBOT that "forcibly ejects a ball at ground level" would be considered "launching," and this will be clarified in Team Update 03.
Well scratch my idea off the list. Under this strict interpretation any reversing of an intake with decent speed while in the Neutral Zone should be called as a launching violation. This was not something we were watching for when I was reffing and I would not have called a penalty for that without having this Q&A brought up.
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