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2504: <SC5> Pass criteria - is scoring a ball required for a pass?

Adam Heard (Event Partner)
4-Feb-2025

<SC5> states that "An Alliance receives credit for a Pass once both Robots independently contact a Ball before it is Scored or leaves the Field."

Question: is it required for a ball to be scored or leave the field before it counts for a pass?

For example, during the last seconds of a match

  • Robot 1 makes independent contact with the ball
  • The ball is passed to robot 2
  • Robot 2 makes independent contact with the ball
  • The timer expires before the ball is scored or leaves the field

Should this ball be counted as passed?

SC5  
Answered by committee
6-Feb-2025

The intent of this language in rule <SC5>, "before it is Scored or leaves the Field," is to require both Robots to make independent contact with the Ball during the same Rapid Relay "cycle" in order to count as a Pass. This is further explained in <SC5> clause B, stating that "any previous Robot contact and/or Pass tracking is 'reset'" for a Ball when that Ball is Scored or leaves the Field.

In your example, a Pass should be recorded for that Ball since both Robots made independent contact with the Ball during the same Rapid Relay "cycle" (that period of time after the Ball is Loaded and before the Ball is Scored or leaves the Field). The Pass is counted at the moment independent contact has been made with both Robots. As such, there is no requirement for the Ball to be Scored or leave the Field in order to complete the process of a Pass.