Robot Defensive Strategies

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Originally Posted by ThunderTrain

Most teams are expeccting very tall somewhat agile defense bots but if you can put some weight on a smaller and put some real power behind it you can create a pinning/pushing bot that can not only inteerupt manipulator aiming but prevent high scoring robots from getting into range or into the protected key. You just have to make sure your strategies incorporate all the rules of robot interaction.

Unfortunately, defensive robots can only extend up to 60" (max starting height) and offensive robots can extend up to ~74", so there's an inherent disadvantage to making a purely defensive robot.