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Originally Posted by PhilBot
...If so, isn't that a clear case of ball posession (Carrying), and not an accidental one... their mechanism would tend to appear to firmly hold onto that ball (dual roller system maybe).
Clearly it's effective.... but doesn't <G44> outlaw this sort of mechanism...
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I am continually amazed at the differing interpretation of rules that appear crystal clear (not all the rules this year meet that criteria, but the ball handling rule does) There is nothing in the rules that prohibit "firmly holding onto the ball". The rule only prohibits lifting the ball from floor contact while "firmly holding onto" it. Our vacuum gripper was fully capable of holding the ball off the floor if the bot was lifted up. In fact, we received a penalty for doing so. somehow, when we were trying to acquire against the hump, the ball got lodged in between the vacuum cups and our bumper. It was clear that we were carrying, and we got a penalty for it. We still don't know how it happened, and we couldn't reproduce it in the pits.
At any rate, since an opposing bot cannot cause you to get a penalty, and you only carried because an opposing bot lifted you up or forced you be lifted up, no penalty.