Is there a place this year for robots that cant hurdle?

[jason_zielke]

Though we are a hybrid shooter/arm bot, we did a lot of laps in some of our matches. For those of you that could not see the whole field on the webcasts, one defensive strategy that came into play was trapping the opposing alliances ball in the corner so they could not hurdle.

With one or sometimes two of the opposing alliances robots holding balls in the corners, we were more than happy just to run laps because it was more effective than trying to fight for the ball and score no points at all.

As for the real question at hand, I think any racer that can get 3+ lines in hybrid can play a huge role in the game. Also, if a racer could add a simple device to do ball knock-off, they would make a great compliment to 2 hurdlers. However, it really comes down to driver ability with racers. If they can navigate traffic effectively and work with the other alliance partners, I think they will do great!