Eh, figure it's time to stick my nose in here.

Anyway, Titan's idea about augmenting the robot's downward force is an interesting one. Keep working on that, you really could have something there.

Folks, FIRST just took the box we've all been thinking in and ripped it to pieces. Even a kit chassis is stuck in the high traction environment we've had. It's time to shed all these ideas of how we used to move, and really DESIGN around CONSTRAINTS, much the way the real world works. What you're all seeing and experiencing is a valuable skill, so don't blow this one off.

That being said, I have absolutely NO idea what to advise my team to do... I've spent all of today doing different designs, all of which end halfway when I realize different factors.