Ball Return

[LinuxArchitect]

Originally Posted by Locke64

That sounds like it could be a decent strategy, as long as you never gain POSSESION of the ball while it is in the air. (i.e. no chutes)

Possession if defined as controlling the ball while you are in motion. If you are just hanging (or sitting) still, a chute, with no active mechanisms above the bumper zone, seems legal to me.

[hipsterjr]

Originally Posted by LinuxArchitect

Possession if defined as controlling the ball while you are in motion. If you are just hanging (or sitting) still, a chute, with no active mechanisms above the bumper zone, seems legal to me.

That is what I would think. Possession is defined as the ball remaining in relative proximity to the robot as the robot moves. If you are sitting in front of the chute, then the ball rolling off the robot is changing proximity and not being moved be the robot. You could look at this as the equivlant of a soccer player stoping a ball with their upper body.