[MAteo9944]

I was wondering if anyone has pondered the merits of holonomic drive in a defensive situation.
Most "defensive" robots utilize powerful drive trains to push their opponents around the field to keep them from scoring. This is obviously an effective method of defense but last week at the Peachtree regional I found another.

During one of our qualifying rounds our alliance partners asked us to defend against a very strong scoring robot. At first I protested because I didn't think our robot's mecanum drive was up to the challenge. As the match began I found that it was incredibly easy to stay between the other robot and the rack, making it very difficult for them to score. During the match they were only able to score one tube while I was tangled in the rack.

Our robot may not have been very powerful but it was able to keep the other team from scoring. This kind of defense is not effective for all game types but for Rack and Roll it works quite well.