[Taylor]

I think in the not-too-distant-future, robots (teams in an alliance) will truly have to cooperate to score in the game.
The game consists of two separate and specific tasks; each robot may be assigned a task, and two robots on an alliance may have to perform different functions simultaneously/in a specific order to gain points. A single robot cannot perform two of the tasks simultaneously.
The build season strategy then becomes: Do we focus on one task and perfect it, do we make a "hybrid" robot that can do either task okay and can be strategically interchangeable, do we concentrate on not allowing the opposing alliance to complete the task, or do we make a "protector" robot that keeps the opposition from playing defense?