[IronicDeadBird]

Given how much thought is put into these games I would absolutely say the GDC has the meta for what a good robot might need. Last year that was a quick efficient intake and high angle launch mechanism that over shoots any defensive options. The GDC does a good job of establishing meta through its animations without giving too much away (it why they always use the crazy mechanisms like the boot that kicks the ball perfectly) and the game design is consistent enough that even without RI3D with all the resources that you can access in the end you are going to have a lot of robots that look very similar because they all are going for the same goal.
Hope that makes sense I re-wrote it a few times...