I think the VEX college competition rules are going to open up the horizon for robotics competitions in general.
http://www.vexrobotics.com/docs/vex-...e.10132008.pdf
Build a team of 2 robots
1 minute autonomous
Use the VEXnet wireless instead of standard 72Mhz
Use 2 VEX controllers on one robot
2 batteries per one controller, scaled up would be 4 batteries with 2 controllers
4 batteries could roughly control 20 motors/servos per robot
Maybe FRC or FTC can take a few ideas from these College VEX rules