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Out of curiosity, why do you think the best defensive robots don't play defense during quals?
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I'm sure we all can agree that the most important quality to have in a defensive machine is a strong drivetrain. However, in recent years FIRST has been steadily reducing the attractiveness of defensive strategies. In this year's game, a good defense doesn't score you any points. For this reason, most teams who build strong drivetrains do it not for defensive capabilities, but rather because if you can't get to where you need to be, you can't execute your gameplay.
Team 2013's robot uses a 6 CIM motor drive in a 6-wheel skid-steer configuration, rolling on custom aluminum rims wrapped with 2.5" wide roughtop conveyor belting. The machine weighs in at 117.3 lbs.
By all standards, a very defense-capable machine. However, the real reason for having a strong drive this year is that if we can't get to and from the feeder station and pyramid, then it doesn't matter how good the shooter and climber are.
During gameplay, the only times we have played defensively are if one or both of the other systems are down and we have no other way to contribute to the alliance, or if we deem defensive play necessary, such as if the other alliance has us out-gunned.
Hence a very defense-capable team which very rarely uses it.