[KevinG]

This year's kit frame seems ideal for protecting the electronics and other fragile components. You can take advantage of that lip along the bottom of the frame to mount a piece of polycarbonate and use that to hold your electronics and even the battery. Now all of your important stuff is recessed and should be protected.

I think the biggest thing people won't be prepared for is the opponent's ball. If an alliance launches their ball over the truss, and it lands on top of your robot and gets stuck... that's a technical foul. Possibly two if you can't dislodge it. This is particularly important for any team that intends to catch the ball.

Our team is thinking that "catching" the ball is going to be something other teams aren't designing for, and we're designing our robot to accommodate that. This actually lends itself to the previous issue, because if our robot can catch our own ball then it could just as easily catch the opposing alliance's.