[Bill Moore]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Design for defense ... because it will happen once you prove yourself a scoring threat.

This is key. Many teams lock into an idea immediately after their brainstorming sessions and rush off to prototype. Equal importance should be given to developing a "Threat" team to consider counter strategies to the robot design, so improvements can be made during prototyping.

Strategy is rarely static, and how you design your robot isn't always the best way to win the game.