[Harshizzle]

Re: Two different robots,

Its interesting to look at what some teams that were prequalified for champs did. Both 27 and 2848 went specialist routes, both being canburglars/cappers. I can't say whether this would have changed if they werent prequalified, but on our team, our early ideas involved being a tote specialist. We scrapped that design because we didn't want to rely on other teams for most of our points at the regional level (now our robot ended up relying on other teams anyway, but that's a different problem). At champs we thought that design would have done well, but we still had to qualify first.

In short, building a champs specific robot and a regional specific robot probably won't be feasible for most teams. The time and money investment only makes sense if you know you'll qualify for champs. But if you've already qualified, why build a regional specific robot at all?

There could also be an argument made for qualification specific designs vs. Elimation specific designs.