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Originally Posted by I'mwithstupid^
we were thinking of using a diamond shaped base with a tank drive that would be centered in the middle of the diamond. this way it'd be harder for people to push us because to get maximum area they would have to hit a slanted side which we could still keep driving forward than, however first my frown on the idea that the corner would be in the front of our robot and thus creating a spear like robot
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You can't make diamond shaped sides anymore, they have to be within 10 degrees of vertical as the rules state here
<R04> "Wedge” robots are not allowed. Robots must be designed so that interaction with other robots results in
pushing rather than tipping or lifting. Neither offensive nor defensive wedges are allowed. All parts of a
robot between 0 and 8.5 inches from the ground (the top of the bumper zone – see Rule <R35>) that might
push against another robot must be within 10 degrees of vertical. Devices deployed outside the robot's
footprint should be designed to avoid wedging. If a mechanism or an appendage (a ball harvester, for
example) becomes a wedge that interferes with other robots, penalties, disabling, or disqualification can occur
depending on the severity of the infraction.