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Re: Defense robots for 2010 game..

A good defensive robot would be one with a solid drive platform with alot of torque, swerve or tank drives serve this purpose nicely, and all it has to do is successfully muscle around one other robot. This would force another robot to enter the zone to score which leaves either their defence or the mid field zones open, causing a flurry of scoring by your alliance. We are also missing a vital point here, a defensive robot would be very useful to powerhouse teams focusing on offence in the elims, therefore it doesnt matter if they are an alliance captain or not, assuming they are good at what they do. One idea would be for a team to build a defensive robot that had the capability to quickly lift both its alliance partners in the FINALE; 8 points would definately outscore what most offensive robots could do in 20 seconds.
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