Is Defense Back in a Big (Bad) Way?

[Brian C]

While your opponents defensive strategy is always something to be concerned with when planning your offensive moves and this years game does indeed provide for some interesting scenarios.

I believe this year will see a very steep learning curve in Robot Robustness for those teams that have never competed in a game like this. There are many teams out there that have never had to deal with conditions they will see this year. To me this harkens back a decade ago when bumpers were first optional and even further back when there was indeed a fair amount of robot to robot contact.

I expect to see lots of loose parts strewn about on the field and at least a battery or 2 or 3

I have a hunch the broken parts box we keep on the scorers table at the competitions this year may need to be a tad bigger than in recent years.