[Ryan Dognaux]

I think it depends. In the earlier regionals, you'll probably see 2 hurdlers and a herding robot / race robot. One robot could move each trackball to the next robot theoretically, but I don't think that will happen too much. That 3rd robot in each alliance is going to be interesting to say the least, but I think if you've got a quick drive and can manipulate the balls by knocking them off the overpass and herding them if necessary, then you're going to look very attractive to an alliance partner.

By the championship though you'll probably see alliances made of 3 very quick hurdlers.