Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. The robot is moveable with at least three degrees of freedom along a selectable one of a plurality of programmable predetermined paths. In a first embodiment, the first ball receiving recess consists of a plurality of elongated arcuate lines with each line conforming to the shape of the surface of the football near the tip. In another exemplary embodiment, operation of the transponder-reader payment system may be controlled by an activation circuit.