Examples of when it is not advantageous to be lightweight

[scaryone]

We added weight to the base of this year's bot to avoid tipping over. (top-heavy)

[MooreteP]

Team 148, OverDrive, won Einstein.
Low CoG, very effective at lapping. Different from everyone else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLf71xlVhE

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by MooreteP

Team 148, OverDrive, won Einstein.
Low CoG, very effective at lapping. Different from everyone else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLf71xlVhE

I was just about to chime in that for bleedingly-high speeds it only makes sense to have an extremely light robot. Though the necessity for such a specialized robot is quite rare, historically.