[Don Wright]

I still think that comparing "aggressive behavior" defence styles we have seen to battle bots is like comparing karate competition to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

Battle bots have one objective...destroy the other robots by whatever means necessary. They have devices made specifically made to destroy another robot. Period.

You can really, honestly say that you think any FIRST team this year designed and built that? Come on.

I'm sorry, but I for one think a pushing match that ends up with a robot tipping is expected. Or, another robot waiting for a robot to start to climb the step to go to hang before they push them because they will be unbalanced is a good strategy. We never did either, because we didn't want to tip over ourselves so we avoided contact as much as possible.

I think teams that build large, top heavy, robots have to accept the concequences that they will be tipped over instead of trying to get the rules changed to make it so they can't get tipped. And it you build a great offensive robot that can only be defeated by a rough defensive strategy, be ready. Every design has it's strengths and weaknesses. That's the name of the game...find the opponent's weaknesses and exploit it to win the game.