[Hawiian Cadder]

no. the idea is to achieve omni directional movement. defense would be one possible use, however it cannot hold more energy than the same robot traveling at its top speed. the goal of this would be to make a robot more difficult to push. in past years teams without any predictable means of scoring have had the ability to simply defend. however when more teams than ever have multi speed gearboxes, adjustable stances, and other methods of altering their drive to serve to score swiftly as well as push through defense, this is no longer really a viable option. having a spinning robot removes traction and torque from the factors that influence how difficult it is to push another robot. this is a way to increase defensive ability, without adding any significant complexity such as gyros or legs. the intent would not be to damage any robot, but to make an omni directional robot very simple mechanically, and to gain an edge defensively. because the robot is always spinning it always holds the same amount of kinetic energy as it would going in a straight line. in battle bots the spinner bots typicaly spin more than 1000 rpm. i was thinking more like 120 - 360 rpm.