Kidnapping Opponent's Robot

[meaubry]

Kacz,
No doubt or arguement that the rule would allow a new dimension - I just don't think that the dimension would be of positive value to the FIRST robotics experience. I don't think that a team would intentionally try and damage the opponents robots before they could successfully complete the tasks designed for now would they! But, is the new dimension going to be worth it to the team that gets its controller speared or wiring accidently ripped off of it? Since the time and effort to repair these will essentially be reduced, replacing mangled parts becomes a lot more trouble. I know, now comes the speech about designing the robot to be robust, making sure that bad things can't happen - easier said than done, unless the robots are reduced to wedge bots, and upside down saucers (I think these are how certain robot are made to survive another robot game I've seen on TV).
For all the excitement it will add - I think the downside far outweighs it!