Thread: What Will be Your Robot's Primary Focus?
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Re: What Will be Your Robot's Primary Focus?
I agree that while defense will be an important part of strategy, this is a game in which designing for offense is paramount. There are several locations on the field where making contact with an opposing robot draws a foul, which seems like a disincentive for defensive design. You are also not allowed to expand above the 60" height limit while on your alliance station's side of the field (aka the defensive portion of the field). To me this makes a design whose sole intention is defensive play rather ineffective.

Smart offensive teams will be able to score comfortably in the areas where they are free from harassment, and will otherwise keep to areas that will draw fouls from their opponents.
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