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Originally Posted by kirtar
How I'm thinking about it I doubt it will break the rules, but that depends on implementation. If you put some kind of siding on it that would cause the relative position to not change while you turn then you should be fine. Any changes in velocity of your robot are unlikely to have a significant impact on the absolute velocity/position of the ball, causing a definite change in relative position. The only thing that I'm concerned about is what you mean by contoured. If you mean putting a track to direct the ball, I think that's a little questionable.
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By contoured, I was envisioning something like a playground slide, perhaps with some plexiglass walls that increased the catching area. I would like to think that as long as you have a non-moving top side that 'sheds' the balls (via gravity) off of the robot to avoid carrying them, it shouldn't really matter what the shape and material of that shedding surface is.
But I'll agree, it is definitely something I wouldn't recommend doing until cleared by FIRST.