[FTC]: Defense robots and competition

[Andrew Schuetze]

From a design side of things, lack of time or limited fabrication abilities means that an elaborate scoring mechanism is often times not achievable while a simple drive-base with quickness and agility is almost always achievable. Just plain getting in the way may be all that some teams in certian circumstances is all that they can achieve and so defense is their only real option.

Not saying that I promote this line of reasoning.