[Robomarfa]

We are in the design/prototype phase of a gearbot. We just decided to cut any fuel capabilities including a 10 ball hopper shooter to focus just on gears.

We think fuel and gears on the field will be a bigger nightmare than originally thought. A gear pickup could be used to clear a load station or airship. This could also save travel time for another gear and deprive opposing alliance of a free ground gear on their side.

That said, a solid defense/offense strategy is to bump a robot at load station right before the gear leaves the chute and then hoping for a dropped gear on your side of the field. In the animal world, it is called Kleptoparasitism, which by the way is the name of my new band, The Kleptoparasites.