[Jeffrafa]

Before the match starts, members of the drive team will carry the robot out onto the field and set it in its starting position/location. You will then have the opportunity to load your robot with a keeper if you wish - this should be achievable without robot control, however - as you will not be permitted to tether or use the controls to setup the robot. Acceptable keeper starting positions are outlined pretty thoroughly in Rule <G04>, but basically boil down to that the keeper must be in the home zone and in contact with the robot. Once your robot is setup, all drive team members return to their alliance zone and await the start of the match.

Last year, we were given our starting game balls during staging in order to expedite the shift between matches, as some robots took time to be loaded with ten balls. I would expect that this year with only one starting object per robot you won't get it until you are on the field - much like two years ago when we started with a single tetra.

- Jeff