[EricH]

Originally Posted by nnfuller

Not a bad theory except then you would need a robot that essentially could do nothing but be a bridge and the spirit of first is that any alliance no matter what robots are on it need to be capable of scoring.

I do believe that there was such a robot a few years ago...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12780
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12786
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12297
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/12299

That little tie-dyed ramp is, in fact, a robot. It was fully capable of scoring--balancing goals on the bridge was a very good way to score that year. But it was "only" a ramp.