[SamMullen]

Actually, I would say that if you have two robots that can shoot from the middle, there is no reason to have a robot in the zone with your own goals. This would allow you to keep one man on defense and monopolize the balls coming out of either of the chutes.

On the other hand, with the one per area idea, the one robot per area idea would require either the robot in the zone closest to you to herd balls from the middle zone to shoot (necessitating it being able to fit through the tunnel, as herding over the bumps seems nigh on impossible) or to have the robot in the middle pass him balls, reducing the number of bots you have free to shoot.