[toddhans]

Watching on television, it seemed a way to eliminate the defensive bots would be to have, as we used to say in Minnesota hockey terms, a Derek Boogaard. An enforcer (a.k.a. thug) to push those guys out of way as well as score a quick 10 points hanging at the end seemed to be a good protection for two other shooting robots. This way, they could continue to pump in the shots until the end and still have the enforcer score a quick ten at the end. Of course, this strategy only works if you have a defensive bot against you and a driver who understands the rules for contact. If it is all offense or if there are climbers involved, the best that bot could do would be to push around any shooters and try to avoid the penalties until the last 15 to 30 seconds. That could still be a bit of a neutralizer even if they are short and could not block any shots.

As for being an enforcer robot as a rookie team, there is nothing wrong with that. It brought us all the way to the Archimedes finals in St. Louis during our rookie season of 2011!

Todd Hanselman, Mentor
Chaotech 3747, Mankato, MN
Winners of 2011 Lake Superior Regional, 2012 10,000 Lakes Regional
Runners Up 2011 Archimedes Division, 2012 MN State High School League Robotics Championship