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Re: Etiquette of the coopertition bridge
1.Offer to send your best robot to the co-op bridge if the other team will as well. That way both sides agree they are not just trying to slow down the other offense so they can win. Let the opposite alliance pick who they think your best robot is if it helps the negotiations.
2.Set a time to meet with a pre-negotiated time to pull out if the other doesn't show. Make it early enough that success is assured. If you've been burned by this try asking the other team to go first and then meet them promptly. Verbaly acknowledge that both teams have a reputation at stake here when it comes to honoring their commitments.
3.Set a strategy for the bridge so the other alliance feels confident that the time invested will achieve success. (One team gets on and tips the bridge to the other side, allowing the opponent on. Down hill member pushes until bridge starts to tip and then freezes. Uphill person then makes the fine adjustments.)
4.If you invite the other alliance to your key area to get on, tell your partners to avoid fouling them.
If all else fails, try beating the other team by so many points that they realize their only hope for a qualification point is to co-op. 
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