Shooting from 2 sides

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Originally Posted by Shawyan

Say you have a kicker that works on both sides, (front and back of the robot) using the same motor.

Would this be against the rules, because each time it is activated it goes
past the Frame Perimeter, on both the front and back. Even though it is to
come into contact with the ball, only one side at a time is used for that purpose, with the other side not doing anything. (just thought i would ask
you guys before i Q&A'd it.. Also not up yet)

I'm sorry I don't have the rules numbers and their exact wording but your bot would pass legally if...

1) Even though you HAVE two mechanisms, you only possess one ball at a time.

2) Your kicker is allowed to extend out into the bumper frame, so you have 2.5" more to work with, BUT the kicker needs to come back within your robot frame within 2 seconds.

So essentially you can have both kickers, and they both can pass into the bumper frame, but no further. And they must come back into the robot frame within two seconds.