Team 58, The Riot Crew is a fender bot. Being 3-4 inches from the rim has a tremendous advantage. With the use of mecanum wheels we are able to score from the front or the side. If a robot tries to defend the front we will simply slide to the side. Once there, there is no way to defend. Our robot had an accuracy of 95% in Hybrid making 169 out of the possible 180 points the bot could of scored. During the elimination rounds the bot was so consistant that our alliance partners fed us balls and kept the opposing alliances from grabbing the balls on our scoring side. IMHO Fender bots will have a huge impact in this competition provided they have an accuracy of 90% or higher.
You can check some video of the bot in action on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E-msxyuIkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukAVPI7Gyw