Final Dynamic Impulses and Ramps

[FRC1293]

Imagine that Redabot has a hatch that opens in front of a corner goal to deposit balls, which has been ruled legal (assuming everything else about it is legal). In a match, the balls inside Redabot get jammed, and Redabot's drivers give it a love tap against the wall to jostle the balls, causing all of the balls to stream into the goal.

In that situation, has the whole robot become the shooting mechanism, in that it was the robot tapping the wall that caused a final dynamic impulse to eject the balls be delivered? And if so, how does one effectively shield the whole robot?

[GDC]

If this is the normal method of ball release then it would be determined that the robot is not the shooting mechansim, but the entire field is. In this case, you will have to provide shielding for the entire field.

However, as described, this would be considered incidental contact and this contact would not be an issue.