[Gabe Salas Jr.]

You all have very good responses, but I believe we are forgetting an important element. Your strategy is vital to your team's success, thus your robot should be able to perform that main strategy efficiently, and the best in its field. Of course many teams have different views on what strategy is better, and should do there best to prove this is so. Of course there are basic qualities that is mandatory to have on your robot for success, such as ruggedness (ability to survive and endure during a match), easily accessable components for fast repairs between matches, and flexibility to adapt in differing game circumstances (same thing with drivers too).

So strategy revolves around your robot's capabilities, ability to adapt to differing circumstances during matches, and the ruggedness, and efficiency of the robot. Another important factor is the drivers. Everything is dependent on your robot. Without it, you have no strategy, no driver, and no way to influence the flow of the match without a robot.