[EricH]

Originally Posted by dodar

Didnt 71 have one of those for the 2002 year? And I would have to say the most unique/unorthodox should go to 190 for their ball-slinger-lasso thing for 2008(which ended up being deemed an illegal strategy if I remember correctly)

71's file card drive in 2002 was (one of) the reasons that no metal is allowed to contact the floor in traction devices to this day. How to move them: You Don't.

190's 2008 robot was deemed both legal and illegal, depending on event. IIRC, you couldn't break the plane of the lane divider in 2008--they wound up having to change their robot or strategy to not do that.

However, most unique/unorthodox is now a split.
469, 2010--the only immovable diverter that could also shoot goals.
190, 2004--the ONLY robot that could hang from the bar (50 points), block other robots from getting onto the bar (no points for opponents, but add 50 points for a partner), and steal a doubler ball off of a goal and plant it onto their own (doubles your goal points, halves your opponent's), all at the same time. Other teams could do 2 (usually hang and doubler; the few that did hang and block were very good at doing it); nobody else did all 3.