[holygrail]

I think maybe there will be three alliances this year instead of two (red, white, and blue). Maybe with just two robots on each alliance (that's a throwback, there used to be 2 team alliances). The robots will be linked together either with your alliance, or, more interestingly, with your opponents at some point during the match. That brings in the "locomotion" concept (the name of the song by the lady in the photo in hint 1).

My opinion. I'm really just saying this so that I get bragging rights if I'm in any way correct.