A CORAL is considered launched if it is shot into the air, kicked across the floor to a desired location or in a preferred direction, or thrown in a forceful way. “Bulldozing” (inadvertent contact with a SCORING ELEMENT while in the path of the ROBOT moving about the FIELD) is not considered launching.

This rule is not intended to penalize typical movement of CORAL outside an ALLIANCE’S REEF ZONE which come to rest a short distance (approximately 3 ft. (~92cm)) from the ROBOT. Examples of such actions could be but are not limited to:

A.      Running an intake in reverse causing a CORAL to travel a short distance from the ROBOT

B.      A ROBOT pushing a CORAL a short distance away in the process of herding it across the FIELD