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Originally Posted by Bob Steele
In my opinion if you have something on top of your robot that could potentially carry the ball ( IE something with sides on it....) it will be considered illegal.
therefore if you decide on some type of chute system that IF your robot were turning when a ball is engaged by it and IF the chute would make the ball turn in the direction you are turning you would have an illegal mechanism.
A simple slanted flat surface would seem to be ok given this approach.
A u-shaped track or a flat surface with sides to guide the ball would not
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POSSESSION requires that the ball stays in the same position relative to the robot as it turns or reverses. Since a chute/track is inclined, the ball will be rolling down the ramp-- although the ramp influences the ball's position as you turn, it doesn't stay still relative to the robot, and it isn't active, so I think it is legal, but of course Q & A has the final say.