[lukevanoort]

Although a narrow robot loses a bit of turning capability, it can gain it back thorugh proper design. The reason we went narrow this year is because of our scoring device and ball pickup device. If we were wide, we wouldn't have any room for ball storage. That said, our most successful robot ever (OCCAM 3: The Beast, 2003) was very close to 50:50. It also is the easiest to drive, since it doesn't make snap turns like this year's 6WD and it does turn unlike last year's long 4WD.