Are bottles placed in the safety zone in front of a human player considered to have left the playing field and therefore no longer eligble for scoring? Can the human player reach into the robot (without touching the robot or leaving the human player area) to retrieve bottles transported to the player?
Are bottles placed in the safety zone in front of a human player considered to have left the playing field and therefore no longer eligble for scoring?
Bottles that are in the interaction zone and human player zone have not left the field in the sense that they may be still used to score. However, they have left the playing field in the sense that robots are not allowed to try to pick them up and run with them against the will of the human player associated with those zones. Friendly interaction – Yes. Robot Vs. Human – NO, NO, NO!
Can the human player reach into the robot (without touching the robot or leaving the human player area) to retrieve bottles transported to the player?
Yes, this is allowed, BUT… humans are not allowed to reach into the playing area (i.e. they are not allowed to break an imaginary vertical plane at the edge of the playing field).
Can the robot tilt the goal through the imaginary vertical plane, while maintaining attitude control and ultimately returning to upright, such that the human player can load bottles through the goal uprights without breaking the plane?
It is not legal for robots to tip the goal.
This should not be such a big deal in the case you discribe because it is a very easy shot to toss these bottles in from the top of the goal from a distance of only a few feet.
Joe J.