Different Types of robots

[MrForbes]

A relatively simple robot that is driven so it actually does passing and good defense is a very valuable robot on an alliance. Getting hold of, and keeping control of the ball is vital, and not many non-shooting robots seem to be able to do it well.

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Jim is right about ball control. We have 16" PVC rings that grab the ball, using 2 1.5" pneumatic cylinders. Our shooter is a linear mechanical punch with 240 lb pulling force, retracted by an original steel cable mechanism. Also, my thoughts on playing defense:

We didn't plan to play much defense at our UNH district event with our mecanum drivetrain. We have a creative auxiliary drive in the works, but it wasn't ready for UNH.
When we got there, we usually took the role of inbounding/truss robot. This required us to play a lot of hard defense. Much to our surprise, our 108 lb mecanum machine managed to defend and shut down alliances with 6-CIM tank driven scoring robots.

TL;DR: You don't need to build a robot built purely for defense to play really good defense.

[Max Boord]

What we have/ can do:
2-20 feet shoot into high goal
Dump into top of low goal
High/ slow speed ground pass from the front or back of the robot.
Shoot a lob shot over the truss

What we want for our 1st pick:
Catching
Shoot up close for 10
Powerfull drivetrain

What we want for our 2nd pick:
60+ inches
Unpushable
Good human player inbounding
Able to "regurgitate" the ball out the opposite side to where they inbound.

Elims stratigy is to tripple asist with truss and catch if possible as fast as possible. When not scoring deffend.