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Our robot this year is a drop down design with a large basket on top. It takes us approx. 5 seconds to reach the ground and then another 5 to load up all 10 (our human player tosses them in two at a time). Once or twice during matches balls have fallen on me (our robot's driver) and I've tossed them into the basket as well. There's never been any issue with this, and I don't think that there should be. The rules say that mentors cannot return balls to the field. Our on field mentor (also a student, btw) hands balls to our human player but never tosses them over. The rules do not state that the driver cannot return balls to the field. If I'm not driving (which I'm not when loading up) is there any reason why I shouldn't be allowed to toss one or two in?
~Tom Fairchild~
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