[EricH]

Originally Posted by CallieJ

I'm not sure if someone already mentioned this (probably), but rule <G44> says that robots cannot carry a ball, which is defined as controlling the direction and motion of a ball if the ball is not in contact with the field. Also, rule <G45> says that robots can't control a ball with a mechanism above the bumper zone.

Psst... <G45> specifies an active mechanism. If it didn't, we'd all be in trouble if we had the misfortune to be under the ball return.

The rule you really wanted to refer to was <R19> as added to in Update #2. Simply put, no more than 3" of the ball can enter anything designed to deflect balls in a controlled manner if it's above the bumper zone.