[IndySam]

Any team paying attention by doing things like looking here on CD and using resources like the 2007 Behind the Design book should be able to design an effective robot this year.

Unfortunately, as we all know, most teams will not take advantage of these resources. So even though we have seen a lot of nice bots here on CD, I don't expect to see a significant increase in robot quality.

I'm more interested to see how this game evolves over the course of the season. I think the changes will be great. This is a year where we will see robots that are ineffective scorers evolve into effective runners instead of instantly turning to defense, and as always defense will change as we progress through the year. Also minibot evolution will be huge.