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Re: What do you think will be important this year?

This was the topic of discussion for our team today and, while no conclusion as a whole was reached, I agree that flexibility is key, but more so almost - durability. The robot should be able to push it's way through things blocking a tunnel, or withstand going over a bump, and be able to weather a fall if something goes wrong while it is suspending itself or has robots suspending from it.
It also seems though that if you can't hang your robot it would be useful to be able to play defense during the end of the match, because while one alliance may be focused on the tower the other may just be shooting in balls continually.