[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by EricH

I have, in video if not in person.

Robots from the early 2000s could be very good at not being pushed if they didn't want to be. Admittedly, many of the tactics used at that time are no longer legal, but the fact remains that anybody trying to push 71 in 2002 lost.


One tactic that is still legal (if your bumpers won't violate the zone when you do this) is to have a plate on the bottom of your robot covered in, say, blue nitrile tread and actuated by something so that it drops below your wheels. You could also raise your wheels and put all that blue nitrile on the bottom of your frame instead--same result. I want to say I've heard of this strategy being used in shooting games, too. Line up, drop, empty, raise, reload, repeat.

I remember seeing a video or clip of a robot that achieved this concept with the pivoting Octo-drive modules that have been available for a few years, can't find it though.