Scoring Timing

[FRC217]

This line of questions deals with the timing of scored balls in the center goal (section 4.3.3). If team A gets 10 balls into the goal in auton, but only 7 make it to the detector by the end of auton, how many count for auton, 7 or 10? If the answer above is 7 and team A ends up going on defense first, what happens to the 3 balls that went in the goal, but not past the detector? If the answer is 10, is there a delay before the second period starts in order to count the balls?

Combined question: If a ball leaves the robot just before time expires (while the robot is on offense), and then the ball enters a goal after time expires (either center or corner), will the ball count as scored?

[GDC]

The scoring system has been designed with this situation in mind. The counting system for the Corner Goals will be turned off as the buzzer sounds and the period ends. Balls that have not entered the Corner Goal when the period ends will not be counted. Balls thrown at the Center Goal will be counted if they have been released from the robot at the end of the period, and are in flight or in the goal as the buzzer sounds.